--- title: But as the silk began to burn, there suddenly appeared upon it dazzl… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But as the silk began to burn, there suddenly appeared upon it dazzling characters of flame,—the characters of the invocation, _Namu myō hō rengé kyō;_—and these, one by one, leaped like great sparks to the temple roof; and the temple took fire. Who acts: silk, temple. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (silk, temple), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8128:1:79 # text = But as the silk began to burn, there suddenly appeared upon it dazzling characters of flame,—the characters of the invocation, _Namu myō hō rengé kyō;_—and these, one by one, leaped like great sparks to the temple roof; and the temple took fire. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 dazzling dazzle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 15 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 invocation invocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Namu Namu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 28 myō myō X FW Foreign=Yes 27 conj _ _ 29 hō hō X FW Foreign=Yes 28 flat _ _ 30 rengé rengé ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 kyō kyō NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 conj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 55 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the silk | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **burn** | to-infinitive | the silk *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | | these | | there | | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location this=Theme | | 4 | **dazzle** | gerund | silk | characters of flame | | | | the characters of the invocation Namu *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus character=Experiencer | | 5 | **leap** | participle | | | | the temple roof | | like great sparks | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to roof=Destination | | 6 | **take** | past | the temple | fire | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)