--- title: Then Shrí, seizing her opportunity, and urged by terror, rose up and… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then Shrí, seizing her opportunity, and urged by terror, rose up and fled away from them, being sprinkled by their blood, mingled with her own, for she had received in the struggle a blow from a Bhilla that was meant for another. Who acts: 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 (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:pg68641:9:64 # text = Then Shrí, seizing her opportunity, and urged by terror, rose up and fled away from them, being sprinkled by their blood, mingled with her own, for she had received in the struggle a blow from a Bhilla that was meant for another. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 urged urge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 mingled mingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Bhilla Bhilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | gerund | Shrí | Shrí's opportunity | | | then | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 2 | **urge** | participle | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | by terror | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rise up** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **flee away** | past | | | | | | from hands *= hand*; away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **sprinkle** | gerund · passive | | | | | | by hands's blood | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: by blood=Destination | | 6 | **mingle** | past | | | | | | with Shrí's own | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with own=Co-Patient | | 7 | **receive** | past · perfect | Shrí | | | the struggle | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in struggle=Location | | 8 | **mean** | past · passive | | a blow from a Bhilla | | | | for another | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for another=Attribute | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/65/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)