--- title: And then as a black bee roves from flower to flower he wandered from… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And then as a black bee roves from flower to flower he wandered from city to city, and from one country to another: and he went north and east and west and south, till the elephants of the eight quarters knew him as it were by sight. Who acts: black bee roves, Nightwalker, elephants, quarter. 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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 (black bee roves, Nightwalker, elephants, quarter), 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:pg68641:5:31 # text = And then as a black bee roves from flower to flower he wandered from city to city, and from one country to another: and he went north and east and west and south, till the elephants of the eight quarters knew him as it were by sight. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 roves rove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 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 13 parataxis _ _ 29 north north ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 east east ADV RB _ 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 west west ADV RB _ 29 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 south south ADV RB _ 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 till till ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 44 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | a black bee roves | | | flower to flower | | from city; to city; from one country to another; Nightwalker *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to city=Destination | | 2 | **go** | past | Nightwalker | | | | | north *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **know** | past | the elephants | Nightwalker | | | | of the eight quarters | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | quarter | | | | | as sight | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/32/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)