--- title: And at last he abandoned altogether the dwellings of men, and wander… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And at last he abandoned altogether the dwellings of men, and wandered continually in the jungle, with no companions but his shadow and his sword, looking in vain for the path by which he had gone on his former journey to the Land of the Lotus, and gazing by day at the pools of blue lotuses, and by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/) / [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/) / 31 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 31 And at last he abandoned altogether the dwellings of men, and wandered continually in the jungle, with no companions but his shadow and his sword, looking in vain for the path by which he had gone on his former journey to the Land of the Lotus, and gazing by day at the pools of blue lotuses, and by night at the heaven with its stars, for they were like mirrors and images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí. **Who acts:** Rajpoot, others · **What happens:** abandon, wander, look, go, gaze, be · **To what, where:** last, jungle, vain, former journey, hues, eyes This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rajpoot, others), 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:pg68641:8:31 # text = And at last he abandoned altogether the dwellings of men, and wandered continually in the jungle, with no companions but his shadow and his sword, looking in vain for the path by which he had gone on his former journey to the Land of the Lotus, and gazing by day at the pools of blue lotuses, and by night at the heaven with its stars, for they were like mirrors and images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 abandoned abandon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 altogether altogether ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dwellings dwelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 continually continually ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 pools pool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 lotuses lotus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 73 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 74 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 75 like like ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 mirrors mirror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 78 images image NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 conj _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 hues hue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 78 nmod _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 conj _ _ 84 of of ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 nmod _ _ 87 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | past | Rajpoot | | | last | night | altogether the dwellings of men; at the heaven; with heaven's stars | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | past | Rajpoot *not said here* | | | the jungle | | with no companions but Rajpoot's shadow and Rajpoot's sword; continually *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Trajectory | | 3 | **look** | gerund | Rajpoot *not said here* | | | vain | | for the path | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in vain=Location for path=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | Rajpoot | | | Rajpoot's former journey to the Land of the Lotus | | by the path | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by which=Location | | 5 | **gaze** | gerund | Rajpoot *not said here* | | | | day | at the pools of blue lotuses | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at pool=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | others *= other* | | | | | for mirrors and images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí; images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **shadow** | | Rajpoot | | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **journey** | | Rajpoot | | | | | to the Land of the Lotus | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | | 9 | **image** | | | the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **shadow** | | | the eyes of Shrí | | | | | nom shadow «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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/32/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)