In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 106

Many experiences of travel,—strange impressions of sound as well as of sight,—remain associated in my own memory with that fragrance:—vast silent shadowed avenues leading to weird old shrines;—mossed flights of worn steps ascending to temples that moulder above the clouds;—joyous tumult of festival nights;—sheeted funeral-trains gliding by in glimmer of lanterns; murmur of household prayer in fishermen’s huts on far wild coasts;—and visions of desolate little graves marked only by threads of blue smoke ascending,—graves of pet animals or birds remembered by simple hearts in the hour of prayer to Amida, the Lord of Immeasurable Light.

Who acts: strange impressions, vast silent shadowed avenues, Many experiences, worn steps, that, funeral trains · What happens: remain, associate, shadow, lead, moss, ascend · To what, where: own memory, weird old shrines, flights, temples, clouds, funeral trains

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strange impressions, vast silent shadowed avenues, Many experiences, worn steps), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 experiences	amod
2	experiences	experience	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 sheeted	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 travel	case
4	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 experiences	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 experiences	punct
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 impressions	punct
7	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 impressions	amod
8	impressions	impression	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 experiences	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 sound	case
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 impressions	nmod
11	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	15 sight	cc
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 as	fixed
13	as	as	ADP	_	11 as	fixed
14	of	of	ADP	_	13 as	fixed
15	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sound	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 remain	punct
17	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 remain	punct
18	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 impressions	acl
19	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 remain	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 memory	case
21	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 memory	nmod:poss
22	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 memory	amod
23	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 associated	obl
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 fragrance	case
25	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 fragrance	det
26	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 memory	nmod
27	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 experiences	punct
28	—	-	PUNCT	_	32 avenues	punct
29	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 avenues	amod
30	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 avenues	amod
31	shadowed	shadow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 avenues	amod
32	avenues	avenue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 experiences	conj
33	leading	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 avenues	acl
34	to	to	PART	_	35 weird	mark
35	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 shrines	amod
36	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 shrines	amod
37	shrines	shrine	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 leading	obj
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 mossed	punct
39	—	-	PUNCT	_	40 mossed	punct
40	mossed	moss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 avenues	conj
41	flights	flight	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 mossed	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 steps	case
43	worn	worn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 steps	amod
44	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 flights	nmod
45	ascending	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	44 steps	acl
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 temples	case
47	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 ascending	obl
48	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 moulder	nsubj
49	moulder	moulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 temples	conj
50	above	above	ADP	_	52 clouds	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 clouds	det
52	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 moulder	nmod
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 tumult	punct
54	—	-	PUNCT	_	56 tumult	punct
55	joyous	joyous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 tumult	amod
56	tumult	tumult	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 avenues	conj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 nights	case
58	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 nights	compound
59	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 tumult	nmod
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 experiences	punct
61	—	-	PUNCT	_	62 sheeted	punct
62	sheeted	sheet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
63	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 trains	compound
64	-	-	PUNCT	_	63 funeral	punct
65	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 sheeted	obj
66	gliding	glide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	65 trains	acl
67	by	by	ADP	_	69 glimmer	case
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 glimmer	case
69	glimmer	glimmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 gliding	obl
70	of	of	ADP	_	71 lanterns	case
71	lanterns	lantern	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 glimmer	nmod
72	;	;	PUNCT	_	73 murmur	punct
73	murmur	murmur	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 sheeted	obl
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 prayer	case
75	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 prayer	compound
76	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 murmur	nmod
77	in	in	ADP	_	80 huts	case
78	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 huts	nmod:poss
79	’s	's	PART	_	78 fishermen	case
80	huts	hut	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 prayer	nmod
81	on	on	ADP	_	84 coasts	case
82	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 coasts	amod
83	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 coasts	amod
84	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 huts	nmod
85	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 sheeted	punct
86	—	-	PUNCT	_	90 desolate	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 desolate	cc
88	visions	vision	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 desolate	nsubj
89	of	of	SCONJ	_	90 desolate	mark
90	desolate	desolate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 sheeted	conj
91	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 graves	amod
92	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 desolate	obj
93	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	92 graves	acl
94	only	only	ADV	_	93 marked	advmod
95	by	by	ADP	_	96 threads	case
96	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 marked	obl
97	of	of	ADP	_	99 smoke	case
98	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 smoke	amod
99	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 threads	nmod
100	ascending	ascend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	99 smoke	acl
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	103 graves	punct
102	—	-	PUNCT	_	103 graves	punct
103	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 desolate	obl
104	of	of	ADP	_	106 animals	case
105	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 animals	compound
106	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	103 graves	nmod
107	or	or	CCONJ	_	108 birds	cc
108	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	106 animals	conj
109	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	106 animals	acl
110	by	by	ADP	_	112 hearts	case
111	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	112 hearts	amod
112	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	109 remembered	obl
113	in	in	ADP	_	115 hour	case
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 hour	det
115	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 remembered	obl
116	of	of	ADP	_	117 prayer	case
117	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	115 hour	nmod
118	to	to	ADP	_	119 Amida	case
119	Amida	Amida	PROPN	Number=Sing	109 remembered	obl
120	,	,	PUNCT	_	122 Lord	punct
121	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	122 Lord	det
122	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	119 Amida	conj
123	of	of	ADP	_	125 Light	case
124	Immeasurable	Immeasurable	PROPN	Number=Sing	125 Light	compound
125	Light	Light	PROPN	Number=Sing	122 Lord	nmod
126	.	.	PUNCT	_	62 sheeted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	infinitive	strange impressions of sound as sight not said here						tree rules
2	associate	participle	strange impressions of sound as sight not said here			my own memory with that fragrance			vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	shadow	participle							vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	lead	gerund	vast silent shadowed avenues and joyous tumult of festival nights not said here	weird old shrines					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shrine=Theme
5	moss	past	Many experiences of travel and strange impressions of sound as sight and vast silent shadowed avenues and joyous tumult of festival nights not said here	flights of worn steps					tree rules
6	ascend	gerund	worn steps not said here			temples and moulder			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to temple=Initial_Location
7	moulder		that			the clouds			tree rules
8	sheet	past	Many experiences of travel and strange impressions of sound as sight and vast silent shadowed avenues and joyous tumult of festival nights	funeral trains				murmur of household prayer in fishermen's huts on far wild coasts obl	tree rules
9	glide	gerund	funeral trains not said here					by glimmer of lanterns	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by glimmer=Trajectory
10	desolate	infinitive	visions	little graves				graves of pet animals or birds obl	tree rules
11	mark	participle		little graves not said here				by threads of blue smoke	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent by thread=Destination
12	ascend	gerund	blue smoke not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	remember	participle		pet animals or birds not said here	Amida and the Lord of Immeasurable Light		hour	by simple hearts	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent to amida=be'
14	experience			travel					nom experience «cognition transitive»: of=patient
15	impress			sound as sight					nom impression «cognition transitive»: of=patient
16	glimmer		lanterns						nom glimmer «event intransitive»: of=agent
17	murmur			household prayer in fishermen's huts on far wild coasts					nom murmur «event 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: «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Project Gutenberg book 8128 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 106