--- title: Then his father flew into a rage, and summoned his guards, and threw… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then his father flew into a rage, and summoned his guards, and threw the prince[4] into prison, saying to himself: He shall stay there, with his dream to keep him company, till he learns to obey. Who acts: father, Umra. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, Umra), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg68641:4:23 # text = Then his father flew into a rage, and summoned his guards, and threw the prince[4] into prison, saying to himself: He shall stay there, with his dream to keep him company, till he learns to obey. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | Umra's father | | | | then | into a rage *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result | | 2 | **summon** | past | Umra's father *not said here* | Umra's guards | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient | | 3 | **throw** | past | Umra's father *not said here* | the prince | | | | into prison *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer prince=Theme into prison=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Umra's father *not said here* | | Umra | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 5 | **stay** | shall | father | | | there | | with Umra's dream | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with dream=Location | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | Umra | | | | company *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme company=Attribute | | 7 | **learn** | present | Umra | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **obey** | to-infinitive | Umra *not said here* | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **dream** | | Umra | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/24/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/)