--- title: And he said to himself: Well may she ask; and now, if my soul were n… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And he said to himself: Well may she ask; and now, if my soul were not already snared in the long lashes of the eyes of Shrí, it would be netted like a quail in this extraordinary mass of never-ending hair. Who acts: meaning, cloud, extraordinary mass. 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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 (meaning, cloud, extraordinary mass), 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:pg68641:6:48 # text = And he said to himself: Well may she ask; and now, if my soul were not already snared in the long lashes of the eyes of Shrí, it would be netted like a quail in this extraordinary mass of never-ending hair. 1 And and 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 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 already already ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 snared snare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 lashes lash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 netted net VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 quail quail NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ending end VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 47 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | meaning | | meaning | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | may | cloud | | | | now | well *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **snare** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | my soul | | the long lashes of the eyes of Shrí | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in lash=Destination | | 4 | **net** | would · passive | | soul | | this extraordinary mass | | like a quail | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 5 | **not** **end** | gerund | this extraordinary mass *not said here* | hair | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality hair=Eventuality | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/49/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)