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title: For he that held her in his arms was not her husband, but a hairy th… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: For he that held her in his arms was not her husband, but a hairy thing with hideous eyes, that resembled an incarnation of the brute in human shape; and it fastened those fearful eyes upon her own, and laughed and whined and panted like a beast with hot quick breath into her face. Who acts: husband
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 101

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For he that held her in his arms was not her husband, but a hairy thing with hideous eyes, that resembled an incarnation of the brute in human shape; and it fastened those fearful eyes upon her own, and laughed and whined and panted like a beast with hot quick breath into her face.

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**Who acts:** husband, arms, that, incarnation · **What happens:** hold, not be, resemble, fasten, laugh, whine · **To what, where:** Shrí, incarnation, fearful eyes, face

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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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, arms, that, incarnation), 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:pg68641:9:101
# text = For he that held her in his arms was not her husband, but a hairy thing with hideous eyes, that resembled an incarnation of the brute in human shape; and it fastened those fearful eyes upon her own, and laughed and whined and panted like a beast with hot quick breath into her face.
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	hideous	hideous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	resembled	resemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
24	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	incarnation	incarnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	brute	brute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
36	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
37	fearful	fearful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
39	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	whined	whine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	panted	pant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	conj	_	_
49	like	like	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
54	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
56	into	into	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | husband | Shrí |  |  |  | a hairy thing with hideous eyes *obl*; that *nsubj* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | husband's arms |  |  |  |  | in Shrí's husband; Shrí *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **resemble** | past | that | a incarnation of the brute in human shape |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fasten** | past | incarnation | that fearful eyes |  |  |  | upon Shrí's own | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 5 | **laugh** | past | incarnation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **whine** | past | incarnation *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **pant** | participle | incarnation *not said here* |  |  | Shrí's face |  | like a beast with hot quick breath | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into face=Recipient |

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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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