--- title: And he went from village to village, and from city to city, asking e… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And he went from village to village, and from city to city, asking everywhere of all whom he met: Have you seen Shrí, my wife? you will know her by her eyes, for they are full of the colour of heaven. Who acts: sight, you, eyes. 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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 (sight, you, eyes), 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:pg68641:8:25 # text = And he went from village to village, and from city to city, asking everywhere of all whom he met: Have you seen Shrí, my wife? you will know her by her eyes, for they are full of the colour of heaven. 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 16 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 nsubj _ _ 19 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ _ 26 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | sight | | | village | | to village; from city to city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from village=Initial\_Location to village=Destination | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | sight *not said here* | | | | | whom *obj* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **meet** | past | sight | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | infinitive | | you | | | | my wife *parataxis* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | participle | you *not said here* | Shrí | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shrí=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** | future | you | Shrí | | | | by Shrí's eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | | | of the colour of heaven; full *property* | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/26/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)