--- title: And at last, out of curiosity, she touched her on the bosom with her… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And at last, out of curiosity, she touched her on the bosom with her finger, saying to herself: Is this an illusion, or is it a real woman, and is she dead or alive? Who acts: Ulupí, illusion. 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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 (Ulupí, illusion), 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:pg68641:9:72 # text = And at last, out of curiosity, she touched her on the bosom with her finger, saying to herself: Is this an illusion, or is it a real woman, and is she dead or alive? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 illusion illusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | Ulupí | Shrí | | last and curiosity | | on the bosom with Ulupí's finger | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer on bosom=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Ulupí *not said here* | | Ulupí | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | | this illusion | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | illusion | a real woman | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | Ulupí | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | Ulupí *not said here* | | | | | | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/73/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)