--- title: And my subjects shall beset thee with illusions, like the sins of th… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And my subjects shall beset thee with illusions, like the sins of thy former birth in visible form; and there wait for thee the Night-walkers, Ulupí, and the Cow-killer, and the Hairy Grabber, and the Icy Chiller, and the Flap-eared Buzzer, and the awful Watcher in his pits of sand, and others witho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/) / [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/) / 7 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 7 And my subjects shall beset thee with illusions, like the sins of thy former birth in visible form; and there wait for thee the Night-walkers, Ulupí, and the Cow-killer, and the Hairy Grabber, and the Icy Chiller, and the Flap-eared Buzzer, and the awful Watcher in his pits of sand, and others without number\[7\]: and even shouldst thou escape them all, and reach the Lotus Land, thou hast still to return. **Who acts:** subjects, thou · **What happens:** beset, wait, ear, escape, reach, have · **To what, where:** thee, Night walkers, subjects, Lotus Land 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 (subjects, thou), 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:pg68641:6:7 # text = And my subjects shall beset thee with illusions, like the sins of thy former birth in visible form; and there wait for thee the Night-walkers, Ulupí, and the Cow-killer, and the Hairy Grabber, and the Icy Chiller, and the Flap-eared Buzzer, and the awful Watcher in his pits of sand, and others without number[7]: and even shouldst thou escape them all, and reach the Lotus Land, thou hast still to return. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 beset beset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 illusions illusion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 Night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 walkers walker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Ulupí Ulupí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 Cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 killer killer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Hairy hairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Grabber grabber NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Icy Icy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Chiller Chiller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 51 Flap flap NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 eared ear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 Buzzer buzzer NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 Watcher Watcher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 pits pit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 68 without without ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 69 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 : : PUNCT : _ 78 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 75 even even ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 76 shouldst should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 77 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 78 nsubj _ _ 78 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 parataxis _ _ 79 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 obj _ _ 80 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 79 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 78 conj _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 85 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 compound _ _ 86 Land Land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 88 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 89 nsubj _ _ 89 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 conj _ _ 90 still still ADV RB _ 89 advmod _ _ 91 to to PART TO _ 92 mark _ _ 92 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 89 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beset** | shall | my subjects | thee | | | | with illusions and the sins of thy former birth in visible form | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | present | my subjects *not said here* | the Night walkers | | there | | for thee; Ulupí *obl*; the Cow killer *obl*; the Hairy Grabber *obl*; the Icy Chiller and the awful Watcher in Ulupí's pits of sand others without number *obl* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ear** | participle | | | | | | Flap *compound* | tree rules | | 4 | **escape** | should | thou | subjects *= subject* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **reach** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | the Lotus Land | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | thou | | | | still | | tree rules | | 7 | **return** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/8/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)