--- title: And at last, being reduced to extremity, clad in garments worn and r… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And at last, being reduced to extremity, clad in garments worn and ragged, which like clouds vainly obscuring the Lord of the Day, could not hide, but rather increased, the beauty of his form, with nothing left to eat or drink, he determined to abandon the body. Who acts: clouds, 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 (clouds, 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:pg68641:4:29 # text = And at last, being reduced to extremity, clad in garments worn and ragged, which like clouds vainly obscuring the Lord of the Day, could not hide, but rather increased, the beauty of his form, with nothing left to eat or drink, he determined to abandon the body. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 extremity extremity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 clad clad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 13 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 ragged rag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 20 vainly vainly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 obscuring obscure VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 rather rather ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 parataxis _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | gerund · passive | | | | last | | to extremity *result* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient PP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: at last=Extent to extremity=Result | | 2 | **clad** | participle | | | | garments and clouds garments and clouds garments | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wear** | participle | | garments and clouds garments and clouds garments *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rag** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **obscure** | gerund | clouds garments and clouds garments and clouds *not said here* | the Lord of the Day | | | | vainly *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lord=Patient | | 6 | **not** **hide** | could | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **increase** | participle | | the beauty of Umra's form | | | | nothing *parataxis* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **determine** | past | Umra | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | Umra *not said here* | the body | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme body=Source | | 13 | **form** | | Umra | | | | | | nom form «communication 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/30/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/)