--- title: And he reeled about like a drunken man, this way and that way, jostl… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And he reeled about like a drunken man, this way and that way, jostling the people, who marvelled and mocked at him: See, see, the ragged Rajpoot, the suitor of the King's daughter, whose very sight has killed her! Who acts: Singh, people. 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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 (Singh, people), 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:pg68641:8:11 # text = And he reeled about like a drunken man, this way and that way, jostling the people, who marvelled and mocked at him: See, see, the ragged Rajpoot, the suitor of the King's daughter, whose very sight has killed her! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reeled reel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 drunken drunken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 jostling jostle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 marvelled marvell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 27 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Rajpoot Rajpoot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 suitor suitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reel** | past | Singh | | | | | like a drunken man and this way and that way; about *property* | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **jostle** | gerund | Singh *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent people=Result | | 3 | **marvell** | past | the people | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **mock** | past | the people *not said here* | | | | | at Singh | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | Singh *not said here* | the ragged Rajpoot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | Singh *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **kill** | present · perfect · passive | | sight | | | | colour *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/12/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)