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title: [3] There is here an untranslateable play on the word _tripathagá_,… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: [3] There is here an untranslateable play on the word _tripathagá_, _the three-way-goer_, i.e. the Ganges, which flows in three _Ways_--in heaven, earth, and hell. Who acts: untranslateable play, Ganges. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 13

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\[3\] There is here an untranslateable play on the word \_tripathagá\_, \_the three-way-goer\_, i.e. the Ganges, which flows in three \_Ways\_--in heaven, earth, and hell.

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**Who acts:** untranslateable play, Ganges · **What happens:** be, flow · **To what, where:** Ways, three

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This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (untranslateable play, Ganges), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:6:13
# text = [3] There is here an untranslateable play on the word _tripathagá_, _the three-way-goer_, i.e. the Ganges, which flows in three _Ways_--in heaven, earth, and hell.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	untranslateable	untranslateable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	tripathagá	tripathagá	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
19	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	goer	goer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Ganges	Ganges	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
31	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	31	obl	_	_
34	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | a untranslateable play on the word and the Ganges |  |  | here; there |  | 3 *nummod* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **flow** | present | the Ganges | Ways and heaven and earth and hell |  | three |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in three=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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