--- title: Then said the King: Thy dark blue eyes have utterly destroyed my sen… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then said the King: Thy dark blue eyes have utterly destroyed my sense of right and wrong, which are now mere words without meaning, impotent to hold me as is a lotus stalk to fetter that elephant which brought thee hither; and in vain dost thou talk to me of letting thee go: thou askest me for my l --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/1/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/) / 1 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 1 Then said the King: Thy dark blue eyes have utterly destroyed my sense of right and wrong, which are now mere words without meaning, impotent to hold me as is a lotus stalk to fetter that elephant which brought thee hither; and in vain dost thou talk to me of letting thee go: thou askest me for my life: for till I saw those unfathomable blue lakes which thou hast stolen to make thee eyes, I never lived. **Who acts:** King, sense, impotent, elephant, vain, thee · **What happens:** say, destroy, be, hold, fetter, bring · **To what, where:** dark blue eyes, mere words, me, lotus stalk, elephant, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, sense, impotent, elephant), 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:pg68641:9:1 # text = Then said the King: Thy dark blue eyes have utterly destroyed my sense of right and wrong, which are now mere words without meaning, impotent to hold me as is a lotus stalk to fetter that elephant which brought thee hither; and in vain dost thou talk to me of letting thee go: thou askest me for my life: for till I saw those unfathomable blue lakes which thou hast stolen to make thee eyes, I never lived. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 6 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 appos _ _ 25 without without ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 impotent impotent NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 fetter fetter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ _ 44 hither hither ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 in in SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nsubj _ _ 49 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 50 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obj _ _ 51 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 of of SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 55 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 56 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 obj _ _ 57 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 : : PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 59 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nsubj _ _ 60 askest ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 : : PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 66 for for SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 67 till till SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 70 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 73 det _ _ 71 unfathomable unfathomable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 72 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 74 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 76 obj _ _ 75 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 76 nsubj _ _ 76 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 acl:relcl _ _ 77 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 acl _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 79 mark _ _ 79 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 advcl _ _ 80 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 79 obj _ _ 81 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 83 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 84 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 85 advmod _ _ 85 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **destroy** | present · perfect · passive | | Thy dark blue eyes | | | | my sense of right *obj*; utterly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | my sense of right | mere words | | | now | without meaning | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | to-infinitive | impotent *not said here* | me | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | impotent | a lotus stalk | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fetter** | to-infinitive | my sense of right *not said here* | that elephant | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Patient | | 7 | **bring** | past | that elephant | thee | | | | hither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 8 | **do** | present | vain | thou | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 9 | **talk** | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to i=Co-Agent | | 10 | **let** | gerund | | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | thou | | me | | | for my life | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 13 | **see** | past | I | that unfathomable blue lakes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lake=Stimulus | | 14 | **have** | present | thou | that unfathomable blue lakes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 15 | **steal** | participle | | that unfathomable blue lakes *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 16 | **make** | to-infinitive | | thee | | | | eyes *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary eye=Product | | 17 | **not** **live** | past | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 18 | **sense** | | my | | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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: [A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/8/126/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/2/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)