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title: And he said to himself: Is this merely an illusion, or rather, is no… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: And he said to himself: Is this merely an illusion, or rather, is not this wood well named, being in very truth the matted hair of the great god, with these trees for hairs, and this water for the Ganges that wanders among them[1], and yonder moon the very ornament of the moon-crested god? Who acts:
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 84

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And he said to himself: Is this merely an illusion, or rather, is not this wood well named, being in very truth the matted hair of the great god, with these trees for hairs, and this water for the Ganges that wanders among them\[1\], and yonder moon the very ornament of the moon-crested god?

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**Who acts:** mist, this, truth, that, moon · **What happens:** say, be, not be, name, mat, wander · **To what, where:** mist, illusion, wood, truth, hair, 1 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (mist, this, truth, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:6:85
# text = And he said to himself: Is this merely an illusion, or rather, is not this wood well named, being in very truth the matted hair of the great god, with these trees for hairs, and this water for the Ganges that wanders among them[1], and yonder moon the very ornament of the moon-crested god?
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	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
9	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	illusion	illusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
20	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	21	advmod	_	_
21	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	cop	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	very	very	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	matted	mat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
29	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
43	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
44	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	Ganges	Ganges	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	48	nsubj	_	_
48	wanders	wander	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	parataxis	_	_
49	among	among	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
56	yonder	yonder	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	very	very	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
60	ornament	ornament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
63	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	crested	crest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	66	amod	_	_
66	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mist |  | mist |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | this | a illusion or this wood and this water for the Ganges and the ornament |  |  |  | with this trees for hairs; this water for the Ganges *conj*; merely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | this *not said here* | this wood |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **name** | participle |  | this wood *not said here* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | truth |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **mat** | past | truth *not said here* | hair of the great god |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **wander** | present | that | 1 |  |  |  | among trees *= tree* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Trajectory |
| 8 | **ornament** |  | moon |  |  |  |  | of the crested god | tree rules |
| 9 | **crest** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | moon *compound* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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