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title: For he died yesterday, in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And now… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: For he died yesterday, in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And now we must bear him ever onward swiftly to his own country, that the funeral ceremonies may duly be performed. Who acts: king, we. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, with 
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 10

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For he died yesterday, in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And now we must bear him ever onward swiftly to his own country, that the funeral ceremonies may duly be performed.

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**Who acts:** king, we · **What happens:** die, bear, perform · **To what, where:** king, funeral ceremonies

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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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, we), 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:pg68641:7:10
# text = For he died yesterday, in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And now we must bear him ever onward swiftly to his own country, that the funeral ceremonies may duly be performed.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
17	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	22	advmod	_	_
22	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
23	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
34	duly	duly	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
35	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | king |  |  |  | yesterday | in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in land=Attribute |
| 2 | **bear** | must | we | king |  |  | now; ever | to king's own country; onward, swiftly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **perform** | may · passive |  | the funeral ceremonies |  |  |  | duly *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=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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