--- title: So he carried her in his ship, very carefully, closely guarded, to h… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: So he carried her in his ship, very carefully, closely guarded, to his own city, and shut her in an upper chamber of his house, hoping to prevail on her in course of time, neglecting his affairs. Who acts: husband. 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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 (husband), 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:pg68641:8:101 # text = So he carried her in his ship, very carefully, closely guarded, to his own city, and shut her in an upper chamber of his house, hoping to prevail on her in course of time, neglecting his affairs. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 closely closely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 39 case _ _ 37 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 fixed _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 neglecting neglect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | husband | name | | husband's ship | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in ship=Location | | 2 | **guard** | participle | husband *not said here* | | | | | to husband's own city; carefully, closely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shut** | past | husband *not said here* | name | | a upper chamber of husband's house | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **hope** | gerund | husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **prevail** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | | | | time | on name | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on she=Location | | 6 | **neglect** | gerund | husband *not said here* | husband's affairs | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/102/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)