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title: [2] The point of these gibes depends on the various meanings of the… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: [2] The point of these gibes depends on the various meanings of the word Shrí: which may mean his wife, or the goddess of fortune, or the moon: out of which come herbs or medicines. Who acts: point. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, wi
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 33

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\[2\] The point of these gibes depends on the various meanings of the word Shrí: which may mean his wife, or the goddess of fortune, or the moon: out of which come herbs or medicines.

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**Who acts:** point · **What happens:** depend, mean, come, point · **To what, where:** wife, herbs, gibes, word

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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 (point), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:8:33
# text = [2] The point of these gibes depends on the various meanings of the word Shrí: which may mean his wife, or the goddess of fortune, or the moon: out of which come herbs or medicines.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	gibes	gibe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	meanings	meaning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	Shrí	Shrí	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
20	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
35	out	out	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
39	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
40	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | the point of this gibes |  |  |  |  | on the various meanings of the word; 2 *discourse* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | may |  | point's wife or the moon |  |  |  | which *nsubj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic |
| 3 | **come** | present |  | herbs or medicines |  |  |  | which *nsubj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herb=Theme |
| 4 | **point** |  |  | this gibes |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **mean** |  |  | the word |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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