--- title: Then instantly, hearing that terrible summons, all the denizens of t… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then instantly, hearing that terrible summons, all the denizens of the wood, Yakshas and Pisháchas, Rákshasas and Hamadryads, with the wild animals and the rest, assembled together and flew towards the sound, and crowded around the gong like flies or bees to honey or a dead body. Who acts: that. 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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 (that), 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:pg68641:8:47 # text = Then instantly, hearing that terrible summons, all the denizens of the wood, Yakshas and Pisháchas, Rákshasas and Hamadryads, with the wild animals and the rest, assembled together and flew towards the sound, and crowded around the gong like flies or bees to honey or a dead body. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 summons summon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 denizens denizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Yakshas Yakshas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 Pisháchas Pisháchas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Rákshasas Rákshasas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Hamadryads hamadryad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 33 together together ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 towards towards ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 42 around around ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 gong gong NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | | that | | | | | all denizens of the wood Yakshas and Pisháchas and Rákshasas and Hamadryads *conj*; the wild animals *conj*; the rest *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **assemble** | participle | | | | | | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | past | | | | the sound | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards sound=Destination | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/48/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/)