--- title: But he said to her: Beauty[5], thine eyes are well enough: neverthel… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: But he said to her: Beauty[5], thine eyes are well enough: nevertheless the ocean has many gems, and doubtless each thinks itself the best: but the Koustubha[6] is above them all. Who acts: Shrí, eyes, ocean, each. 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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 (Shrí, eyes, ocean, each), 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:pg68641:6:42 # text = But he said to her: Beauty[5], thine eyes are well enough: nevertheless the ocean has many gems, and doubtless each thinks itself the best: but the Koustubha[6] is above them all. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 gems gem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 doubtless doubtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 28 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Koustubha Koustubha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 above above ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 ccomp _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shrí | Beauty | cow | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | thine eyes | | | | | enough, well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | the ocean | many gems | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gem=Patient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | each | ocean | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot itself=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | the Koustubha | | | | | above eyes *= eye*; all *nmod:unmarked* | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/43/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)