--- title: And he said: Lady, I went I know not how, and wandered I know not ho… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: Lady, I went I know not how, and wandered I know not how long, among wastes and deserts and mountains I know not how high, till I came to a land I know not where, called the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, I know not why[7]. Who acts: Umra, I. 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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 (Umra, I), 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:pg68641:4:81 # text = And he said: Lady, I went I know not how, and wandered I know not how long, among wastes and deserts and mountains I know not how high, till I came to a land I know not where, called the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, I know not why[7]. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 among among ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 wastes waste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 xcomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 58 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 58 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Umra | | | | | Lady *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **wander** | past | Umra *not said here* | | | | | among wastes and deserts and mountains | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | I | | | a land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **not** **know** | present | I | a land *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 9 | **call** | participle | I *not said here* | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/82/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/4/)