--- title: Umra-Singh said: I am a Rajpoot who has quarrelled with his relation… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Umra-Singh said: I am a Rajpoot who has quarrelled with his relations, and I am looking for the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. Then said the Wairágí: They are very few that wish to find that Lotus Land; and fewer still who find it; fewest of all those, that having found it ever return. 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Then said the Wairágí: They are very few that wish to find that Lotus Land; and fewer still who find it; fewest of all those, that having found it ever return. **Who acts:** Umra, I, Rajpoot, Wairágí, relations, that · **What happens:** say, be, quarrell, look, wish, find · **To what, where:** Rajpoot, Lotus Land, Lotus · **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 (Umra, I, Rajpoot, Wairágí), 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:pg68641:5:41 # text = Umra-Singh said: I am a Rajpoot who has quarrelled with his relations, and I am looking for the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. Then said the Wairágí: They are very few that wish to find that Lotus Land; and fewer still who find it; fewest of all those, that having found it ever return. 1 Umra Umra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Singh Singh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Rajpoot rajpoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 quarrelled quarrell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Wairágí Wairágí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Land Land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 49 still still ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 54 fewest few ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 57 nsubj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 nmod _ _ 57 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nsubj _ _ 60 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 conj _ _ 61 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 64 advmod _ _ 64 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Umra | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | a Rajpoot | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **quarrell** | present · perfect | a Rajpoot | | | | | with Umra's relations | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | present · progressive | I | | | | | for the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for land=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Wairágí | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | relations *= relation* | | | | | few *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** | present | that | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | Lotus Land | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic | | 9 | **find** | present | | Lotus | | | still | who *nsubj* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 10 | **have** | gerund | that | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **find** | past | those | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **return** | present | Lotus | | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/42/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)