--- title: And like a man, out of whose universe the sun and moon and the five… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And like a man, out of whose universe the sun and moon and the five elements with their compounds have withdrawn, leaving him alone in the centre of empty space, he lay motionless, plunged in stupor, with dry eyes. Who acts: five elements, sight, elements. 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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 (five elements, sight, elements), 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:pg68641:8:14 # text = And like a man, out of whose universe the sun and moon and the five elements with their compounds have withdrawn, leaving him alone in the centre of empty space, he lay motionless, plunged in stupor, with dry eyes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 universe universe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 elements element NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 18 with with SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 compounds compound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 withdrawn withdraw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 alone alone ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 36 motionless motionless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 plunged plunge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 stupor stupor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **withdraw** | present · perfect · passive | the five elements *not said here* | elements's compounds | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | the five elements *not said here* | sight | | the centre of empty space | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in centre=Location | | 3 | **lie** | past | sight | | | | | motionless *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **plunge** | participle | sight *not said here* | | | | | with dry eyes; in stupor | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in stupor=Attribute | | 6 | **compound** | | elements *= element* | | | | | | nom compound «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/15/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)