--- title: And she wept aloud, and forgot in that moment all her sorrow; and sh… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And she wept aloud, and forgot in that moment all her sorrow; and she looked at him, and laughed for joy, and closed her eyes, as if, like the sun, the sight of him dimmed and overcame the faculty of vision. Who acts: Shrí, sun. 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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, sun), 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:pg68641:9:99 # text = And she wept aloud, and forgot in that moment all her sorrow; and she looked at him, and laughed for joy, and closed her eyes, as if, like the sun, the sight of him dimmed and overcame the faculty of vision. 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 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 dimmed dim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 faculty faculty NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | Shrí | | | | | aloud *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **forget** | past | Shrí *not said here* | | | | moment | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | past | Shrí | | | | | at husband | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 4 | **laugh** | past | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | for joy | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **close** | past | | Shrí's eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **dim** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the sun and the sight of husband | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **overcome** | past | the sun and the sight of husband *not said here* | the faculty of vision | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot faculty=Theme | | 8 | **sorrow** | | Shrí | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sight** | | | husband | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/100/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/9/)