--- title: Shrí said: I am a King's daughter, looking for my husband, whom I lo… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Shrí said: I am a King's daughter, looking for my husband, whom I lost, by the operation of crimes in a former birth, at the very moment that I found him again, after that he had returned to me from the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. 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But when Ulupí heard her, she was filled with sudden rage and malice. **Who acts:** Shrí, I, husband, Ulupí · **What happens:** say, be, look, lose, find, return · **To what, where:** daughter, moment, me, Land, Shrí, Ulupí · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Shrí, I, husband, Ulupí), 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:pg68641:9:77 # text = Shrí said: I am a King's daughter, looking for my husband, whom I lost, by the operation of crimes in a former birth, at the very moment that I found him again, after that he had returned to me from the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. But when Ulupí heard her, she was filled with sudden rage and malice. 1 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nmod _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 after after SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 But but CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 58 Ulupí Ulupí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 malice malice NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shrí | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | a King's daughter | | | | a King *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | | moment | for my husband; by the operation of crimes in a former birth | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for husband=Theme by operation=Location | | 4 | **lose** | past | I | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | past | I | the moment | | | again | husband *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme he=Attribute | | 6 | **return** | past · perfect | husband | | me | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient to i=Result from land=Initial\_State | | 7 | **hear** | past | Ulupí | Shrí | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **fill** | past · passive | | Ulupí | | | | with sudden rage and malice | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with rage=Instrument | | 9 | **operate** | | | crimes in a former birth | | | | | nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/78/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)