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title: [2] As this might sound bizarre to the English reader, accustomed to… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: [2] As this might sound bizarre to the English reader, accustomed to the elaborate toilettes of western ladies, he should know, that nothing can be more simple than the dress of a Hindoo woman. Who acts: this, p., nothing. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep 
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 30

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\[2\] As this might sound bizarre to the English reader, accustomed to the elaborate toilettes of western ladies, he should know, that nothing can be more simple than the dress of a Hindoo woman.

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**Who acts:** this, p., nothing · **What happens:** sound, accustom, know, be · **To what, where:** bizarre, English reader

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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 (this, p., nothing), 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:pg68641:9:30
# text = [2] As this might sound bizarre to the English reader, accustomed to the elaborate toilettes of western ladies, he should know, that nothing can be more simple than the dress of a Hindoo woman.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	bizarre	bizarre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	accustomed	accustom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	toilettes	toilette	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
28	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	32	nsubj	_	_
29	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	cop	_	_
31	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	amod	_	_
32	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	conj	_	_
33	than	than	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	Hindoo	Hindoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | might | this | bizarre |  |  |  | to the English reader; 2 *discourse* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bizarre=Theme |
| 2 | **accustom** | participle |  | the English reader *not said here* |  |  |  | to the elaborate toilettes of western ladies | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | should | p. |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | can | nothing |  |  |  |  | than the dress of a Hindoo woman; simple *property* | tree rules |

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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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