--- title: But this I know, that now I must get back without delay to Indirálay… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: But this I know, that now I must get back without delay to Indirálayá, and cross, somehow or other, over that sea, and that terrible desert, and through that hideous wood, and tell my story to the King, and claim my bride. Who acts: this, 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 (this, 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:pg68641:7:61 # text = But this I know, that now I must get back without delay to Indirálayá, and cross, somehow or other, over that sea, and that terrible desert, and through that hideous wood, and tell my story to the King, and claim my bride. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 without without ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Indirálayá Indirálayá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 36 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | this | that | | | now | I *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **get back** | must | I | | | | | without delay to Indirálayá and cross; that sea *parataxis*; terrible desert and that hideous wood *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | I *not said here* | my story | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to king=Recipient | | 4 | **claim** *speech: other* | infinitive | I *not said here* | my bride | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bride=Topic | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/62/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)