--- title: Lo! he was standing in that very tank in Indirálayá, from which he h… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Lo! he was standing in that very tank in Indirálayá, from which he had started, years before, to find the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. Then in his amazement, his flesh crept, and his hair stood on end. Who acts: sun, flesh, hair. 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Then in his amazement, his flesh crept, and his hair stood on end. **Who acts:** sun, flesh, hair · **What happens:** stand, start, find, creep, amaze · **To what, where:** tank, Land, amazement, end 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 (sun, flesh, hair), 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:pg68641:7:69 # text = Lo! he was standing in that very tank in Indirálayá, from which he had started, years before, to find the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. Then in his amazement, his flesh crept, and his hair stood on end. 1 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Indirálayá Indirálayá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 before before ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · progressive | sun | | | that tank in Indirálayá | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tank=Location | | 2 | **start** | past · perfect | sun | | | | year | which *obl*; before *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic | | 4 | **creep** | past | sun's flesh | | | sun's amazement | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in amazement=Trajectory | | 5 | **stand** | past | sun's hair | | | | on end | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on end=Location | | 6 | **amaze** | | sun | | | | | | nom amazement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/70/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)