--- title: And she said to herself: Ha! so this is that absent lotus of the day… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And she said to herself: Ha! so this is that absent lotus of the day, by reason of whom my beauty was scorned, and set at nought by the handsome stranger who saw me dancing by my pool. Who acts: Ulupí, this, handsome stranger, me. 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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, this, handsome stranger, me), 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:pg68641:9:78 # text = And she said to herself: Ha! so this is that absent lotus of the day, by reason of whom my beauty was scorned, and set at nought by the handsome stranger who saw me dancing by my pool. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 absent absent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nmod _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 scorned scorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 nought nought PRON NN PronType=Neg 29 obl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 xcomp _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ulupí | | Ulupí | | | Ha *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | this | that absent lotus and reason of that absent lotus and reason of that absent lotus | | | day | reason of that absent lotus and reason of that absent lotus and reason *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **scorn** | past · passive | | my beauty | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | Ulupí *not said here* | | | nought | | by the handsome stranger | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at nought=Destination | | 5 | **see** | past | the handsome stranger | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **dance** | gerund | me *not said here* | | | | | by my pool | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pool=Location | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/79/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)