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And a vast crowd of people ran from every street, and pressed around him, and accompanied him to the palace, and stood before it, tossing like the sea, while the guards took him in to the King. **Who acts:** news, man, people, guards · **What happens:** run, find, see, press, accompany, stand · **To what, where:** city, man, Land, vast crowd, street, news 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 (news, man, people, guards), 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:pg68641:4:52 # text = And the news ran through the city like fire in a dry wood: There has been found a man who has seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And a vast crowd of people ran from every street, and pressed around him, and accompanied him to the palace, and stood before it, tossing like the sea, while the guards took him in to the King. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 45 around around ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 accompanied accompany VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 57 before before ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 tossing toss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 61 like like ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 while while SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 68 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 in in ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the news | | | the city like fire | | in a dry wood | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through city=Trajectory | | 2 | **find** | present · perfect · passive | | a man | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: man=Topic | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | a man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. and a vast crowd | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 4 | **run** | past | people | a vast crowd *not said here* | | every street | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme from street=Trajectory | | 5 | **press** | participle | | | | | | around news | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent around he=Trajectory | | 6 | **accompany** | past | the news *not said here* | news | | the palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | | 7 | **stand** | past | the news *not said here* | | | palace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location | | 8 | **toss** | gerund | the news *not said here* | | | | | like the sea | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **take** | past | the guards | news | the King | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/53/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/)