In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 185

But the mystery lightens for whomsoever learns that the substance of Self is older than the sun. He finds that music is a Necromancy;—he feels that to every ripple of melody, to every billow of harmony, there answers within him, out of the Sea of Death and Birth, some eddying immeasurable of ancient pleasure and pain.

Who acts: mystery, whomsoever, substance, music, some, melody · What happens: lighten, learn, be, find, feel, answer · To what, where: sun., Necromancy, ripple, Sea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Story of a Tengu[1]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mystery, whomsoever, substance, music), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 lightens	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mystery	det
3	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lightens	nsubj
4	lightens	lighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 learns	mark
6	whomsoever	whomsoever	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learns	nsubj
7	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lightens	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 older	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 substance	det
10	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 older	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Self	case
12	Self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 substance	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 older	cop
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 learns	advcl
15	than	than	ADP	_	17 sun.	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sun.	det
17	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 older	obl
18	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 finds	nsubj
19	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sun.	acl:relcl
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 Necromancy	mark
21	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 Necromancy	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 Necromancy	cop
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 Necromancy	det
24	Necromancy	necromancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 finds	ccomp
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 lightens	punct
26	—	-	PUNCT	_	28 feels	punct
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 feels	nsubj
28	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lightens	parataxis
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 ripple	mark
30	to	to	ADP	_	32 ripple	case
31	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	32 ripple	det
32	ripple	ripple	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 feels	xcomp
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 melody	case
34	melody	melody	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 ripple	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 billow	punct
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 billow	case
37	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	38 billow	det
38	billow	billow	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 ripple	conj
39	of	of	ADP	_	40 harmony	case
40	harmony	harmony	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 billow	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 answers	punct
42	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	43 answers	expl
43	answers	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 feels	conj
44	within	within	ADP	_	45 him	case
45	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 answers	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Sea	punct
47	out	out	ADP	_	50 Sea	case
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 Sea	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Sea	det
50	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 answers	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Death	case
52	Death	Death	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 Sea	nmod
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 Birth	cc
54	Birth	Birth	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 Sea	conj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 eddying	punct
56	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	57 eddying	nsubj
57	eddying	eddy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	50 Sea	conj
58	immeasurable	immeasurable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 eddying	xcomp
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 pleasure	case
60	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 pleasure	amod
61	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 immeasurable	obl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 pain	cc
63	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 pleasure	conj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lightens	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lighten	present	the mystery				vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	learn	present	whomsoever				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the substance of Self			than the sun.; old property	tree rules
4	find	present	whomsoever	the sun. not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun.=Topic
5	is a	present	music	a Necromancy			tree rules
6	feel	present	whomsoever	every ripple of melody and every billow of harmony			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7	answer speech: assert	present	whomsoever not said here		the Sea of Death and Birth; there	within whomsoever	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	eddy	gerund	some			immeasurable property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	ripple		melody				nom ripple «event intransitive»: of=agent
10	billow		harmony				nom billow «event intransitive»: of=agent

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, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 185

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In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 185