--- title: So as they were preparing to take him to the King, he clapped his ha… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: So as they were preparing to take him to the King, he clapped his hands, and said again: Quick! delay not! but make haste, great haste! or else my heart will break. Who acts: criers, Indirálayá, Quick delay, heart. 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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 (criers, Indirálayá, Quick delay, heart), 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:pg68641:7:77 # text = So as they were preparing to take him to the King, he clapped his hands, and said again: Quick! delay not! but make haste, great haste! or else my heart will break. 1 So so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 Quick Quick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 24 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 else else ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past · progressive | criers *= crier* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | criers *= crier* *not said here* | Indirálayá | the King | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination | | 3 | **clap** | past | Indirálayá | Indirálayá's hands | | | | Quick delay *parataxis* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Indirálayá *not said here* | | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **make** | infinitive | Quick delay *not said here* | haste and great haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | | 6 | **break** | future | my heart | | | | | else *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/78/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)