--- title: And she stood, gazing at him in silence, with eyes that looked at hi… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And she stood, gazing at him in silence, with eyes that looked at him but did not see him, like those of one that listens to the tones of a long-forgotten voice, sounding in the hall of memory, and awakening longing and fond regret. Who acts: lion, eyes. 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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 (lion, eyes), 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:pg68641:4:68 # text = And she stood, gazing at him in silence, with eyes that looked at him but did not see him, like those of one that listens to the tones of a long-forgotten voice, sounding in the hall of memory, and awakening longing and fond regret. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 ccomp _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 listens listen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 sounding sound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 awakening awaken VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 48 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | lion | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gaze** | gerund | lion *not said here* | | | silence | | at King; with eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | eyes | | | | | at King | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 4 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | lion *not said here* | King | | | | one like those *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **listen** | present | | | | | | to the tones of a long forgotten voice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tone=Theme | | 6 | **forget** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sound** | gerund | | | | the hall of memory | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location | | 8 | **awaken** | gerund | lion *not said here* | longing and fond regret | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location longing=Theme | | 9 | **intonate** | | | a long forgotten voice | | | | | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/69/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/)