--- title: Then full of astonishment, they proceeded in the direction of the so… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then full of astonishment, they proceeded in the direction of the sound: and all at once they saw Shrí, sitting under a tree, looking like an incarnation of Rati grieving for her husband, when burned by Maheshwara[1]. Who acts: drops, Shrí. 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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 (drops, Shrí), 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:pg68641:9:52 # text = Then full of astonishment, they proceeded in the direction of the sound: and all at once they saw Shrí, sitting under a tree, looking like an incarnation of Rati grieving for her husband, when burned by Maheshwara[1]. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 conj _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 incarnation incarnation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Rati Rati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 grieving grieve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 40 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Maheshwara Maheshwara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 43 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 42 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | past | drops *= drop* | | | the direction of the sound | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | drops *= drop* | Shrí | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | a tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 4 | **look** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | like a incarnation of Rati | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **grieve** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | for Rati's husband | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | Maheshwara *obl:agent* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/53/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)