--- title: But tell me first, before I die: How comes it that I see thee here a… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: But tell me first, before I die: How comes it that I see thee here alive, and yet I saw thee, in that Lotus City, lying dead upon a couch. in the cold rays of the moon? Who acts: you, I. 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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 (you, I), 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:pg68641:7:106 # text = But tell me first, before I die: How comes it that I see thee here alive, and yet I saw thee, in that Lotus City, lying dead upon a couch. in the cold rays of the moon? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 18 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 yet yet ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 32 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **die** | present | I | | | | | in the cold rays of the moon | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in ray=Attribute | | 3 | **come** | present | I *not said here* | death | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 4 | **see** | present | I | thee | | here | | alive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | I | thee | | Lotus City | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | a couch | | dead *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon couch=Location | | 7 | **ray** | | | the moon | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/107/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)