--- title: But Ulupí flew through the wood, and found Nightwalker, the old Wair… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: But Ulupí flew through the wood, and found Nightwalker, the old Wairágí, and told him all, and begged of him a boon, saying: Torment this miserable mortal woman, and deceive her with illusions for she has done me deadly injury. Who acts: Ulupí, this. 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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), 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:pg68641:9:82 # text = But Ulupí flew through the wood, and found Nightwalker, the old Wairágí, and told him all, and begged of him a boon, saying: Torment this miserable mortal woman, and deceive her with illusions for she has done me deadly injury. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Ulupí Ulupí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 Nightwalker Nightwalker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Wairágí Wairágí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Torment Torment PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 32 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 illusions illusion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | Ulupí | | | the wood | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through wood=Location | | 2 | **find** | past | Ulupí *not said here* | Nightwalker and the old Wairágí | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightwalker=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Ulupí *not said here* | | Wretch | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Ulupí *not said here* | a boon | | | | of Wretch | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent boon=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Ulupí *not said here* | Torment | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent torment=Topic | | 6 | **woman** | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **deceive** | infinitive | Ulupí *not said here* | Ulupí | | | | with illusions | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 8 | **do** | present · perfect | Ulupí | deadly injury | me | | | | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/83/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)