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title: [9] There is here an untranslateable play on the word kamalahása, wh… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: [9] There is here an untranslateable play on the word kamalahása, which means both _the opening of a lotus bud_, and an _irresistible smile_. Who acts: untranslateable play, both. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, with its dependency t
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 89

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\[9\] There is here an untranslateable play on the word kamalahása, which means both \_the opening of a lotus bud\_, and an \_irresistible smile\_.

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**Who acts:** untranslateable play, both · **What happens:** be, opening

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This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (untranslateable play, both), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:3:89
# text = [9] There is here an untranslateable play on the word kamalahása, which means both _the opening of a lotus bud_, and an _irresistible smile_.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	untranslateable	untranslateable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	kamalahása	kamalahása	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	nsubj	_	_
18	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	lotus	lotus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	bud	bud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
29	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a untranslateable play on the word |  |  |  |  | which *nsubj*; a irresistible smile *parataxis*; mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **opening** |  | both |  |  |  |  | of a lotus bud | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, Project Gutenberg book 68641 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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