--- title: Therefore now I will wander away over the wide world, and spend my l… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore now I will wander away over the wide world, and spend my life in seeking her: for but this, nothing is left in life, and the hope of reunion is like the back of the Great Tortoise, my solitary refuge in the wreck of the three worlds. Who acts: I, hope, reunion. 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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, hope, reunion), 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:pg68641:8:23 # text = Therefore now I will wander away over the wide world, and spend my life in seeking her: for but this, nothing is left in life, and the hope of reunion is like the back of the Great Tortoise, my solitary refuge in the wreck of the three worlds. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 reunion reunion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 solitary solitary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 wreck wreck NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 worlds world NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | future | I | | | | now | away, therefore *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spend** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my life | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Asset | | 3 | **seek** | gerund | I *not said here* | bride | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | present · passive | | nothing for this | | life | | my solitary refuge in the wreck of the three worlds *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in life=Location | | 5 | **is** | present | the hope of reunion | | | | | like the back; of the Great Tortoise | tree rules | | 6 | **hope** | | reunion | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **wreck** | | | the three worlds | | | | | nom wreck «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/24/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)