--- title: And he turned, and went without waiting to the Ganges, and remained… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And he turned, and went without waiting to the Ganges, and remained there a few years washing away his crimes, like one to whom life and death are the same, and at last entered the river, and it drowned him, and carried his body out to sea. Who acts: king, few years, life. 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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 (king, few years, life), 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:pg68641:5:122 # text = And he turned, and went without waiting to the Ganges, and remained there a few years washing away his crimes, like one to whom life and death are the same, and at last entered the river, and it drowned him, and carried his body out to sea. 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 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 without without SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Ganges Ganges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 washing wash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nmod _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obl _ _ 38 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 out out ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | king | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | to the Ganges | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | past | king *not said here* | | | there | year | like one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wash away** | gerund | a few years *not said here* | king's crimes | | | | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | life and death | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **enter** | past | king *not said here* | the river | | last | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Destination | | 8 | **drown** | past | life | king | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **carry out** | past | king *not said here* | king's body | | | | to sea; out *property* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Eventuality | | 10 | **incriminate** | | king | | | | | | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/121/) - next →: [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/1/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)