In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 14

It begins with a stifled moan, like the moan of a bad dream,—mounts into a long, long wail, like a wailing of wind,—sinks quavering into a chuckle,—rises again to a wail, very much higher and wilder than before,—breaks suddenly into a kind of atrocious laughter,—and finally sobs itself out in a plaint like the crying of a little child.

Who acts: howl, sinks, bad dream, wind · What happens: begin, stifle, quaver, rise, sob out, moan · To what, where: long long wail, chuckle, breaks, wail, howl, plaint

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (howl, sinks, bad dream, wind), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begins	nsubj
2	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 moan	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 moan	det
5	stifled	stifle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 moan	amod
6	moan	moan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begins	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 moan	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 moan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moan	det
10	moan	moan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moan	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 dream	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dream	det
13	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dream	amod
14	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moan	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mounts	punct
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	17 mounts	punct
17	mounts	mount	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dream	conj
18	into	into	ADP	_	23 wail	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 wail	det
20	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 wail	amod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 long	punct
22	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 wail	amod
23	wail	wail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begins	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 wailing	punct
25	like	like	ADP	_	27 wailing	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 wailing	det
27	wailing	wailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wail	appos
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 wind	case
29	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 wailing	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 sinks	punct
31	—	-	PUNCT	_	32 sinks	punct
32	sinks	sink	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 wailing	parataxis
33	quavering	quaver	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 sinks	acl
34	into	into	ADP	_	36 chuckle	case
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 chuckle	det
36	chuckle	chuckle	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 quavering	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 rises	punct
38	—	-	PUNCT	_	39 rises	punct
39	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 sinks	conj
40	again	again	ADV	_	39 rises	advmod
41	to	to	ADP	_	43 wail	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 wail	det
43	wail	wail	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 rises	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 higher	punct
45	very	very	ADV	_	46 much	advmod
46	much	much	ADV	_	47 higher	advmod
47	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	39 rises	advcl
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 wilder	cc
49	wilder	wild	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	47 higher	conj
50	than	than	ADP	_	51 before	case
51	before	before	ADV	_	47 higher	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 breaks	punct
53	—	-	PUNCT	_	54 breaks	punct
54	breaks	break	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 rises	obl
55	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	58 kind	advmod
56	into	into	ADP	_	58 kind	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 kind	det
58	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 breaks	nmod
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 laughter	case
60	atrocious	atrocious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 laughter	amod
61	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 kind	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 sobs	punct
63	—	-	PUNCT	_	66 sobs	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 sobs	cc
65	finally	finally	ADV	_	66 sobs	advmod
66	sobs	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 breaks	conj
67	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	66 sobs	obj
68	out	out	ADP	_	66 sobs	compound:prt
69	in	in	ADP	_	71 plaint	case
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 plaint	det
71	plaint	plaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 sobs	obl
72	like	like	ADP	_	74 crying	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 crying	det
74	crying	crying	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 plaint	nmod
75	of	of	ADP	_	78 child	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 child	det
77	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 child	amod
78	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 crying	nmod
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 begins	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	howl		a long long wail		with a stifled moan	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with moan=Subeventuality
2	stifle	participle						vn suffocate-40.7 «NP.theme V»: agent=Patient
3	quaver speech: other	gerund	sinks not said here		a chuckle			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into chuckle=Recipient
4	rise	present	howl not said here	breaks into a kind of atrocious laughter	a wail	again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wail=Initial_Location
5	sob out	present	howl not said here	howl	a plaint like the crying of a little child		finally property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme
6	moan		a bad dream and mounts					nom moan «communication intransitive»: of=agent
7	wail		wind					nom wailing «act intransitive»: of=agent
8	cry			a little child				nom crying «act 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, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 14

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 14