--- title: And Umra-Singh said to himself: Beyond a doubt this is no ascetic, b… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And Umra-Singh said to himself: Beyond a doubt this is no ascetic, but the very King of Rákshasas; nevertheless, he shall tell me my road, if he comes again, or it shall be the worse for him. Who acts: Umra, this, road. 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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 (Umra, this, road), 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:pg68641:5:96 # text = And Umra-Singh said to himself: Beyond a doubt this is no ascetic, but the very King of Rákshasas; nevertheless, he shall tell me my road, if he comes again, or it shall be the worse for him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Umra Umra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Singh Singh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 Beyond beyond ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Rákshasas Rákshasas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Umra | | Umra | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | this | no ascetic | | | | beyond a doubt; the King of Rákshasas *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | shall | Umra | my road | me | | | nevertheless *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient road=Topic | | 4 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Umra | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | road | | | | | for Umra; bad *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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/97/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/5/)