--- title: For again the forgotten ties of her former birth fought for utteranc… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: For again the forgotten ties of her former birth fought for utterance in her soul, and yet she feared him for his insolence, and despised him for his poverty: for he was ten times leaner and more ragged than before. Who acts: forgotten ties, Shrí, beat. 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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 (forgotten ties, Shrí, beat), 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:pg68641:7:96 # text = For again the forgotten ties of her former birth fought for utterance in her soul, and yet she feared him for his insolence, and despised him for his poverty: for he was ten times leaner and more ragged than before. 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 10 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 ties tie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 utterance utterance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 yet yet ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 insolence insolence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 despised despise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 leaner lean ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 before before ADV RB _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | past | the forgotten ties of Shrí's former birth | | | | | for utterance in Shrí's soul | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fear** | past | Shrí | beat | | | yet | for beat's insolence | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus for insolence=Attribute | | 4 | **despise** | past | | beat | | | | for beat's poverty | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus for poverty=Attribute | | 5 | **is** | past | beat | | | | time | lean *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | beat *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/97/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/7/)