--- title: And as he closed his eyes for fear, he saw before him the blue scorn… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And as he closed his eyes for fear, he saw before him the blue scorn in the eyes of Shrí, and the sound of her laughter and the noise of the drums and the voices of the criers boomed in his ear, and drowned Ulupí's spell. Who acts: light, drums, Ulupí. 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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 (light, drums, Ulupí), 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:pg68641:6:55 # text = And as he closed his eyes for fear, he saw before him the blue scorn in the eyes of Shrí, and the sound of her laughter and the noise of the drums and the voices of the criers boomed in his ear, and drowned Ulupí's spell. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 criers crier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 boomed boom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 48 Ulupí Ulupí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 's 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | past | light | light's eyes | | | | for fear | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | light | the blue scorn | | the eyes of Shrí | before Singh | the sound of cloud's laughter and the noise of the drums and the voices of the criers *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scorn=Stimulus | | 3 | **boom** | participle | | the criers *not said here* | | light's ear | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 4 | **drown** | past | light *not said here* | Ulupí's spell | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient | | 5 | **noise** | | the drums and the voices of the criers | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **spell** | | Ulupí | | | | | | nom spell «state 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/56/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)