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title: But if, on the contrary, I get credit, then I shall obtain, not only… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: But if, on the contrary, I get credit, then I shall obtain, not only this far-famed daughter, for whom I care nothing, but also the resources of his kingdom; and with them I can equip an army, and go and compel my father to restore me to my position. Who acts: I. A sentence of «The descent of the su
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 46

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But if, on the contrary, I get credit, then I shall obtain, not only this far-famed daughter, for whom I care nothing, but also the resources of his kingdom; and with them I can equip an army, and go and compel my father to restore me to my position.

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**Who acts:** I · **What happens:** get, obtain, fame, care, equip, go · **To what, where:** credit, contrary, resources, nothing, army, father

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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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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:pg68641:4:46
# text = But if, on the contrary, I get credit, then I shall obtain, not only this far-famed daughter, for whom I care nothing, but also the resources of his kingdom; and with them I can equip an army, and go and compel my father to restore me to my position.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	contrary	contrary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
10	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
18	only	only	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
20	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	famed	fame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	conj	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
29	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	also	also	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	resources	resource	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	equip	equip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	parataxis	_	_
45	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	compel	compel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
52	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	advcl	_	_
56	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | credit |  | the contrary |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent credit=Theme on contrary=Source |
| 2 | **obtain** | shall | I | the resources of Land's kingdom |  |  | then | this famed daughter *parataxis* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resource=Theme |
| 3 | **fame** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **care** | present | I | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **equip** | can | I | a army |  |  |  | with resources *= resource* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent army=Recipient with they=Theme |
| 6 | **go** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **compel** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my father |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient |
| 8 | **restore** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | my position |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to position=Recipient |

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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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