--- title: [2] _Jinn_, ogres, vampires, goblins, &c., are all but differentiati… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: [2] _Jinn_, ogres, vampires, goblins, &c., are all but differentiations of the Hindoo Rákshasa, which is what the geologist calls a 'synthetic type' of evil being, whose special feature is its power of changing its shape at will (Kámarupa). 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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 (Jinn ogres, Hindoo Rákshasa, geologist, synthetic type), 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:pg68641:6:12 # text = [2] _Jinn_, ogres, vampires, goblins, &c., are all but differentiations of the Hindoo Rákshasa, which is what the geologist calls a 'synthetic type' of evil being, whose special feature is its power of changing its shape at will (Kámarupa). 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Jinn Jinn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 ogres ogre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 vampires vampire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 goblins goblin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 & & CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 c. c. NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 differentiations differentiation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Hindoo Hindoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Rákshasa Rákshasa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 appos _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 geologist geologist NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 synthetic synthetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 type type NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ _ 47 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 53 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Kámarupa Kámarupa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Jinn ogres and vampires and goblins & c. | differentiations | | | | of the Hindoo Rákshasa; all *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Hindoo Rákshasa | differentiations | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | the geologist | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | gerund | a synthetic type of evil | feature's power | | | | feature's power's special feature *nsubj*; feature *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **change** | gerund | feature's power *not said here* | feature's shape | | | | Kámarupa *parataxis* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | | 6 | **type** | | | evil | | | | | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **feature** | | feature's power | | | | | | nom feature «cognition transitive»: 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/13/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)