--- title: And all his audacity had vanished, and become timidity, and he falte… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And all his audacity had vanished, and become timidity, and he faltered, and spoke, not knowing what he said, with a voice that refused its office, and sounded in his ears like that of another man. Who acts: audacity, Umra, voice. 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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 (audacity, Umra, voice), 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:pg68641:4:80 # text = And all his audacity had vanished, and become timidity, and he faltered, and spoke, not knowing what he said, with a voice that refused its office, and sounded in his ears like that of another man. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 audacity audacity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 timidity timidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 faltered falter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 35 in in 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 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | past · perfect | Umra's audacity | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **become** | infinitive | Umra's audacity *not said here* | timidity | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **falter** | past | Umra | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Umra | | | | | with a voice; what *obj* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent what=Theme with voice=Manner | | 7 | **refuse** | past | a voice | audacity's office | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme | | 8 | **sound** | past | Umra *not said here* | | | Umra's ears like that of another man | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/81/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/)