--- title: For her clothes were torn, and her hair was dishevelled, and her gre… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: For her clothes were torn, and her hair was dishevelled, and her great eyes filled with tears resembled the petals of a blue lotus sparkling with drops of water cast upon them by the sporting of swans in a pool. Who acts: great eyes, tears, blue lotus. 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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 (great eyes, tears, blue lotus), 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:pg68641:9:53 # text = For her clothes were torn, and her hair was dishevelled, and her great eyes filled with tears resembled the petals of a blue lotus sparkling with drops of water cast upon them by the sporting of swans in a pool. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 dishevelled dishevell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 18 with with SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 petals petal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 sparkling sparkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sporting sport VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear** | past · passive | | Rati's clothes | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **dishevell** | past · passive | | Rati's hair | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fill** | participle | Rati's great eyes | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **resemble** | past | tears | the petals of a blue lotus | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sparkle** | gerund | a blue lotus *not said here* | | | | | with drops of water | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with drop=Theme | | 6 | **cast** | participle | | water *not said here* | | | | upon drops *= drop* | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent upon they=Destination | | 7 | **sport** | gerund | | | | a pool | | of swans | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/54/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)