--- title: And it seemed to Umra-Singh, in the loneliness of that vast solitude… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And it seemed to Umra-Singh, in the loneliness of that vast solitude, that all those hideous Eyes sought him out, and fastened on him, and rested on him alone, saying to him as it were: Thou canst not escape. Who acts: it, hideous Eyes, Thou. 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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 (it, hideous Eyes, Thou), 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:pg68641:6:102 # text = And it seemed to Umra-Singh, in the loneliness of that vast solitude, that all those hideous Eyes sought him out, and fastened on him, and rested on him alone, saying to him as it were: Thou canst not escape. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Umra Umra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Singh Singh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 alone alone ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 45 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | it | | Umra and Singh | | | in the loneliness of that vast solitude | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in loneliness=Attribute | | 2 | **seek out** | past | all hideous Eyes | surface | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **fasten** | participle | | | | | | on surface | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on he=Co-Patient | | 4 | **rest** | participle | | | | | | on surface; alone *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | surface | | | as quarter | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **is** | can · past | Thou | | | | | escape *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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/102/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)