--- title: And as he went, he said to himself: Up I must go, for there is no ot… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And as he went, he said to himself: Up I must go, for there is no other resource: and now, unless like the husband of Shrí[2], I could save myself on the back of a tortoise from this very sea of water, I must surely be destroyed. Who acts: moon, I, other resource. 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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 (moon, I, other resource), 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:pg68641:6:88 # text = And as he went, he said to himself: Up I must go, for there is no other resource: and now, unless like the husband of Shrí[2], I could save myself on the back of a tortoise from this very sea of water, I must surely be destroyed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 Up up ADP RP _ 14 advcl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 resource resource NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 39 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 54 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 55 surely surely ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | moon | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | moon | | moon | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | must | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | present | no other resource | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | I | myself | | the back of a tortoise | now | like the husband of Shrí; from this sea of water | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent myself=Theme on back=Source | | 6 | **destroy** | must · passive | | I | | | | surely *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/88/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/)