--- title: And the sword fell from his hand, and he sprang to his feet, and exc… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And the sword fell from his hand, and he sprang to his feet, and exclaimed: What! she is for the man who has seen the Land of the Lotus, and here am I, a Rajpoot of the Race of the Sun, dreaming of death by this moonlit tank, while the Land of the Lotus is yet unfound! 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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 (sword, sun, sound, 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:pg68641:5:24 # text = And the sword fell from his hand, and he sprang to his feet, and exclaimed: What! she is for the man who has seen the Land of the Lotus, and here am I, a Rajpoot of the Race of the Sun, dreaming of death by this moonlit tank, while the Land of the Lotus is yet unfound! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 19 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Rajpoot Rajpoot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Race Race PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 54 moonlit moonlit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 57 while while SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 64 yet yet ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 unfound unfound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the sword | a Rajpoot of the Race of the Sun | | sun's hand | | I *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **spring** | past | sun | | | sun's feet | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | the sword *not said here* | | | | | What *obj* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **is** | present | sound | | | | | for the man | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | the man | the Land of the Lotus | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **dream** | gerund | the sword *not said here* | | | | | of death; by this moonlit tank | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | present | the Land of the Lotus | | | | yet | unfound *property* | tree rules | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/25/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)