In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 17
Then, in uttermost terror, he fled to the dwelling of Hakuōdō Yusai, and, knocking frantically at the doors, succeeded in arousing him.
Who acts: figure · What happens: flee, knock, succeed, arouse · To what, where: uttermost terror, figure
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (figure), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 fled | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 terror | case |
| 4 | uttermost | uttermost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 terror | amod |
| 5 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fled | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 terror | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fled | nsubj |
| 8 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 dwelling | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dwelling | det |
| 11 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fled | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Hakuōdō | case |
| 13 | Hakuōdō | Hakuōdō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 dwelling | nmod |
| 14 | Yusai | Yusai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Hakuōdō | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 knocking | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 knocking | cc |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 knocking | punct |
| 18 | knocking | knock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 fled | advcl |
| 19 | frantically | frantically | ADV | _ | 18 knocking | advmod |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 doors | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 doors | det |
| 22 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 knocking | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 succeeded | punct |
| 24 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fled | conj |
| 25 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 26 arousing | mark |
| 26 | arousing | arouse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 succeeded | advcl |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 arousing | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | figure | uttermost terror | then | to the dwelling of Hakuōdō | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dwelling=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | knock | gerund | figure not said here | at the doors; frantically property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | ||||
| 3 | succeed | past | figure not said here | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | arouse | gerund | figure not said here | figure | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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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