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title: Then as he went the trees grew thicker and thicker, and taller and t… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: Then as he went the trees grew thicker and thicker, and taller and taller, till they shut out the light of the sun. And at last there came a day when he looked before him, and saw only a darkness like that of the mouth of death: and he looked behind him, and saw the light of evening glimmering a gre
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 36

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Then as he went the trees grew thicker and thicker, and taller and taller, till they shut out the light of the sun. And at last there came a day when he looked before him, and saw only a darkness like that of the mouth of death: and he looked behind him, and saw the light of evening glimmering a great way off, as if afraid to keep him company.

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**Who acts:** human, trees, light · **What happens:** go, grow, shut out, come, look, see · **To what, where:** light, last, darkness, great way, human, sun.

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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 (human, trees, light), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:5:36
# text = Then as he went the trees grew thicker and thicker, and taller and taller, till they shut out the light of the sun. And at last there came a day when he looked before him, and saw only a darkness like that of the mouth of death: and he looked behind him, and saw the light of evening glimmering a great way off, as if afraid to keep him company.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	obl	_	_
8	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	parataxis	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	shut	shut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	obl	_	_
29	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	30	expl	_	_
30	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl:unmarked	_	_
33	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	35	advmod	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
36	before	before	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
41	only	only	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
44	like	like	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	nmod	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
55	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
64	glimmering	glimmer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	61	acl	_	_
65	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
68	off	off	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
70	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
71	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
72	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	conj	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	xcomp	_	_
75	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	obj	_	_
76	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | human |  |  |  | then |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | past | the trees |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **shut out** | present | trees *= tree* | the light of the sun. |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 4 | **come** | past | human *not said here* |  |  | last; there | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location |
| 5 | **look** | past | human |  |  |  | before man |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before he=Theme |
| 6 | **see** | past | human *not said here* | a darkness |  |  |  | like that of the mouth of death | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer darkness=Stimulus |
| 7 | **look** | past | human |  |  |  |  | behind man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme |
| 8 | **see** | past | human *not said here* | the light of evening |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus |
| 9 | **glimmer** | gerund | the light of evening *not said here* | a great way |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 10 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the light of evening *not said here* | human |  |  |  | company *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme company=Attribute |
| 11 | **light** |  |  | the sun. |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **light** |  |  | evening |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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