--- title: And she came and stood before him, and put her hand on his shoulder… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And she came and stood before him, and put her hand on his shoulder with a touch like a leaf, and looked up into his face with a smile, and said: I am Ulupí, a Daitya's[3] daughter, and here I live in the forest alone, with none to whom to compare myself, save my own image in the water. 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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 (cow, I, my), 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:pg68641:6:38 # text = And she came and stood before him, and put her hand on his shoulder with a touch like a leaf, and looked up into his face with a smile, and said: I am Ulupí, a Daitya's[3] daughter, and here I live in the forest alone, with none to whom to compare myself, save my own image in the water. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 Ulupí Ulupí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Daitya Daitya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 46 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 alone alone ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 51 conj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 obl _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 compare compare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 58 parataxis _ _ 63 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 66 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 67 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | cow | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | cow *not said here* | | | | before Shrí | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | cow *not said here* | cow's hand | | Shrí's shoulder | | with a touch like a leaf | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on shoulder=Destination | | 4 | **look up** | past | cow *not said here* | | | | | into Shrí's face with a smile | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | Ulupí and a Daitya's 3 daughter | | | | a Daitya's 3 daughter *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | present | I | | | the forest; here | | none *conj*; alone *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | | 8 | **compare** | to-infinitive | | myself | | | | whom *obl* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 9 | **save** | infinitive | | my own image | | the water | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Theme | | 10 | **image** | | my | | | | | | nom image «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/39/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)