--- title: For I endured separation, when union seemed at a distance, with ease… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: For I endured separation, when union seemed at a distance, with ease: but now that the moment of re-union approaches, my heart is breaking: every moment seems an age: and if you delay long, I cannot endure. Who acts: I, union, moment, you. 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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 (I, union, moment, you), 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:pg68641:7:78 # text = For I endured separation, when union seemed at a distance, with ease: but now that the moment of re-union approaches, my heart is breaking: every moment seems an age: and if you delay long, I cannot endure. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 endured endure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 separation separation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 union union NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 re-union re-union NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 approaches approach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 delay delay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endure** | past | I | separation | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme separation=Circumstance | | 2 | **seem** | past | union | | | | | at a distance; with ease | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **break** | present · progressive | the moment of re-union approaches | | | | now | my heart *nsubj* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **seem** | present | every moment | a age | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme age=Attribute | | 5 | **delay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | long *property* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **endure** | can | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/79/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)