--- title: Then one day a crow that was acquainted with cities came to her and… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then one day a crow that was acquainted with cities came to her and said: Why dost thou live here, with no companion but an old blind father, who cannot even see thee, and does not know the value of his pearl? Who acts: crow, thou, old blind father. 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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 (crow, thou, old blind father), 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:pg68641:5:87 # text = Then one day a crow that was acquainted with cities came to her and said: Why dost thou live here, with no companion but an old blind father, who cannot even see thee, and does not know the value of his pearl? 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 acquainted acquainted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a crow | | | | | with cities; acquainted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | a crow | | daughter | | then; day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a crow *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **live** | present · do-support | thou | | | here | | with no companion but a old blind father | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with companion=Location | | 5 | **not** **see** | can | a old blind father | thee | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | | the value of crow's pearl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer value=Stimulus | | 7 | **value** | | | crow's pearl | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **pearl** | | crow | | | | | | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/88/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)