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title: And as she danced, her robes of the colour of grass fluttered in the… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: And as she danced, her robes of the colour of grass fluttered in the wind produced by her own movement over the curves of her limbs; and drops of water sparkled in the moonlight like gems on her bosom, which rose and fell like a wave of the sea in and out of the shadow of her hair: for that hair res
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 28

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And as she danced, her robes of the colour of grass fluttered in the wind produced by her own movement over the curves of her limbs; and drops of water sparkled in the moonlight like gems on her bosom, which rose and fell like a wave of the sea in and out of the shadow of her hair: for that hair resembled a mass of the essence of the blackness of night.

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**Who acts:** cow, bosom · **What happens:** dance, flutter, produce, drop, sparkle, rise · **To what, where:** robes, grass, wind, water, moonlight, mass

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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 (cow, bosom), 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:pg68641:6:28
# text = And as she danced, her robes of the colour of grass fluttered in the wind produced by her own movement over the curves of her limbs; and drops of water sparkled in the moonlight like gems on her bosom, which rose and fell like a wave of the sea in and out of the shadow of her hair: for that hair resembled a mass of the essence of the blackness of night.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	fluttered	flutter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:agent	_	_
17	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	over	over	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	curves	curve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
33	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
37	like	like	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
44	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
47	like	like	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	in	in	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
55	out	out	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
63	for	for	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	65	det	_	_
65	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	_
66	resembled	resemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	essence	essence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
72	of	of	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	blackness	blackness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | cow | cow's robes of the colour of grass |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **flutter** | participle |  | grass *not said here* |  |  |  | the wind *obl:agent* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **produce** | participle |  | the wind *not said here* |  |  |  | by cow's own movement over the curves of cow's limbs | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **drop** | present | cow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of water | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme of water=Trajectory |
| 5 | **sparkle** | participle |  | water *not said here* |  | the moonlight like gems on cow's bosom |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonlight=Location |
| 6 | **rise** | past | cow's bosom |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **fall** | past | cow's bosom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a wave of the sea; the shadow of cow's hair *conj* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **resemble** | past | cow *not said here* | a mass of the essence of the blackness of night |  |  |  | for that hair | tree rules |
| 9 | **move** |  | cow |  |  | the curves of cow's limbs |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: poss=agent over=place |
| 10 | **bosom** |  | cow |  |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **wave** |  |  | the sea |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **shadow** |  |  | cow's hair |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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