--- title: Now in the meanwhile it happened that Maheshwara, as he roamed throu… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Now in the meanwhile it happened that Maheshwara, as he roamed through the sky with Párwati on his breast, looked down to earth, and caught sight of Umra-Singh wandering in the forest, uttering lamentations, and exclaiming: O Shrí, where art thou hiding? Who acts: it, Maheshwara, thou. 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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 (it, Maheshwara, thou), 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:pg68641:8:36 # text = Now in the meanwhile it happened that Maheshwara, as he roamed through the sky with Párwati on his breast, looked down to earth, and caught sight of Umra-Singh wandering in the forest, uttering lamentations, and exclaiming: O Shrí, where art thou hiding? 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 meanwhile meanwhile NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 Maheshwara Maheshwara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 roamed roam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Párwati Párwati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Umra Umra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Singh Singh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 uttering utter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 40 lamentations lamentation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 49 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 51 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | Maheshwara | | the meanwhile | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in meanwhile=Location | | 2 | **roam** | past | Maheshwara | | | the sky | | with Párwati; on Maheshwara's breast | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through sky=Trajectory | | 3 | **look down** | past | Maheshwara *not said here* | | | | | to earth | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | | sight of Umra and Singh | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | the forest | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | | lamentations | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lamentation=Topic | | 7 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | | O Shrí | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent shrí=Topic | | 8 | **hide** | gerund | thou | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **sight** | | | Umra and Singh | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/37/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)