--- title: And he listened, and heard the criers crying: _Whatsoever high-caste… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And he listened, and heard the criers crying: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom, and marry the King's daughter_. Who acts: sun, criers, caste man. 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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 (sun, criers, caste 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:pg68641:7:67 # text = And he listened, and heard the criers crying: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom, and marry the King's daughter_. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 criers crier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 caste caste NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | sun | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | past | sun *not said here* | the criers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer crier=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the criers *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | caste man | | | | | to the Land; of the Lotus of the Sun | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | caste man *not said here* | sun | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **share** | shall | sun | the King's kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **marry** | infinitive | sun *not said here* | the King's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/68/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)