--- title: And she cried out: Ha! it is the truth: this man has really seen the… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And she cried out: Ha! it is the truth: this man has really seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And suddenly, the veil of oblivion was drawn for an instant, and she caught a glimpse of her former birth, and knew her husband again. Who acts: Shrí, shriek, man. 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And suddenly, the veil of oblivion was drawn for an instant, and she caught a glimpse of her former birth, and knew her husband again. **Who acts:** Shrí, shriek, man · **What happens:** cry out, be, see, draw, catch, know · **To what, where:** truth, Land, veil, glimpse, husband, former birth 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 (Shrí, shriek, man), 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:pg68641:7:108 # text = And she cried out: Ha! it is the truth: this man has really seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And suddenly, the veil of oblivion was drawn for an instant, and she caught a glimpse of her former birth, and knew her husband again. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 oblivion oblivion NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Shrí | | | | | Ha *appos* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | shriek | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | this man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 4 | **draw** | past · passive | | the veil of oblivion | | | | for a instant; suddenly *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for instant=Beneficiary | | 5 | **catch** | past | Shrí | a glimpse of Shrí's former birth | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme | | 6 | **know** | past | | Shrí's husband | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | | 7 | **glimpse** | | | Shrí's former birth | | | | | nom glimpse «act 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/109/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)