--- title: And after a while, he came to himself, and rose up, though with diff… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And after a while, he came to himself, and rose up, though with difficulty, from the ground, and wandered away with stumbling feet, till he came to a tank in a deserted quarter, and lay down on its brink to rest. Who acts: Umra. 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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), 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:pg68641:5:11 # text = And after a while, he came to himself, and rose up, though with difficulty, from the ground, and wandered away with stumbling feet, till he came to a tank in a deserted quarter, and lay down on its brink to rest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 though though ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 stumbling stumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 brink brink NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Umra | | Umra | | while | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **rise up** | past | Umra *not said here* | | | the ground | | though difficulty | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ground=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **wander away** | past | Umra *not said here* | | | | | with stumbling feet; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stumble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | Umra | | | a deserted quarter | | to a tank | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tank=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **desert** | participle | | | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lay down** | infinitive | Umra *not said here* | | | quarter's brink | | down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on brink=Destination | | 8 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Umra *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/12/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)