--- title: And as it touched his skin, at that moment he heard in the silence o… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And as it touched his skin, at that moment he heard in the silence of the night the voice of a warder, singing as he went his round upon the city wall: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom and marry the K --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/23/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/) / [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/) / 23 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 23 And as it touched his skin, at that moment he heard in the silence of the night the voice of a warder, singing as he went his round upon the city wall: \_Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom and marry the King's daughter\_. **Who acts:** sword, sun, caste man · **What happens:** touch, hear, sing, go, be, let · **To what, where:** skin, silence, sun, kingdom, daughter, night · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sword, sun, caste man), 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:pg68641:5:23 # text = And as it touched his skin, at that moment he heard in the silence of the night the voice of a warder, singing as he went his round upon the city wall: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom and marry the King's daughter_. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 warder warder NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 caste caste NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 : : PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 's 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 conj _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 72 's 's PART POS _ 71 case _ _ 73 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | sword | sun's skin | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme skin=Co-Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | sun | | | the silence of the night and the voice of a warder | moment | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past | sun | | | | | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present · perfect | caste man | | | | | to the Land; of the Lotus of the Sun | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | caste man *not said here* | sun | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **share** | shall | sun | the King's kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **marry** | infinitive | sun *not said here* | the King's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 10 | **silence** | | | the night and the voice of a warder | | | | | nom silence «state 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/24/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)