In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 194
Even so,—a million years after we shall have ceased to view the sun,—will the gladness and the grief of our own lives pass with richer music into other hearts—there to bestir, for one mysterious moment, some deep and exquisite thrilling of voluptuous pain.
Who acts: million years · What happens: cease, view, pass, bestir · To what, where: we, sun, other hearts
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 (million years), 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 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 2 so | advmod |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 29 pass | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 so | punct |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 years | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 million | det |
| 6 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 pass | nsubj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 ceased | mark |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 ceased | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 ceased | aux |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 ceased | aux |
| 12 | ceased | cease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 years | acl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 view | mark |
| 14 | view | view | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 ceased | xcomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sun | det |
| 16 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 view | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 gladness | punct |
| 18 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 gladness | punct |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 gladness | aux |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 gladness | det |
| 21 | gladness | gladness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 years | parataxis |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 grief | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 grief | det |
| 24 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 gladness | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 lives | case |
| 26 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 lives | nmod:poss |
| 27 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 lives | amod |
| 28 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 grief | nmod |
| 29 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 music | case |
| 31 | richer | rich | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 music | amod |
| 32 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 pass | obl |
| 33 | into | into | ADP | _ | 35 hearts | case |
| 34 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 hearts | amod |
| 35 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 pass | obl |
| 36 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 bestir | punct |
| 37 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 bestir | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 bestir | mark |
| 39 | bestir | bestir | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 pass | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 moment | punct |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 moment | case |
| 42 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 44 moment | nummod |
| 43 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 moment | amod |
| 44 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 bestir | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 thrilling | punct |
| 46 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 50 thrilling | det |
| 47 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 thrilling | amod |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 exquisite | cc |
| 49 | exquisite | exquisite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 deep | conj |
| 50 | thrilling | thrilling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 moment | appos |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 pain | case |
| 52 | voluptuous | voluptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 pain | amod |
| 53 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 thrilling | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 pass | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cease | shall · perfect · passive | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives not said here | we | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | view | to-infinitive | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives not said here | the sun | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | pass | present | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives | other hearts | with richer music | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into heart=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | bestir | to-infinitive | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives not said here | there | moment | 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: «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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