In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 63

Monstrous the law seems, because we have developed ideas and sentiments which are opposed to this demoniac Nature,—much as voluntary movement is opposed to the blind power of gravitation.

Who acts: Monstrous law, we · What happens: seem, develop, oppose · To what, where: developed ideas, voluntary movement

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 (Monstrous law, we), 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	Monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 law	amod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seems	nsubj
4	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ideas	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 developed	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 developed	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 developed	aux
9	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ideas	amod
10	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seems	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sentiments	cc
12	sentiments	sentiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ideas	conj
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 opposed	nsubj:pass
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 opposed	aux:pass
15	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ideas	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 Nature	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 Nature	det
18	demoniac	demoniac	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Nature	compound
19	Nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 opposed	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 much	punct
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 much	punct
22	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seems	parataxis
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	27 opposed	mark
24	voluntary	voluntary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 movement	amod
25	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 opposed	nsubj:pass
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 opposed	aux:pass
27	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 much	advcl
28	to	to	ADP	_	31 power	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 power	det
30	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 power	amod
31	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 opposed	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 gravitation	case
33	gravitation	gravitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 power	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seems	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seem	present	the Monstrous law	developed ideas and sentiments		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	develop	present · perfect	we			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	oppose	present · passive		developed ideas and sentiments	to this demoniac Nature	vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	oppose	present · passive		voluntary movement	to the blind power of gravitation	vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: subject=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 63

The tree

Pragmatics

In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 63