--- title: [65] I never hear this singular proverb without being re-minded of a… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: [65] I never hear this singular proverb without being re-minded of a sentence in Huxley’s famous essay, _On the Physical Basis of Life:_—“The living protoplasm not only ultimately dies and is resolved into its mineral and lifeless constituents, but is always dying, and, strange as the paradox may so --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/157/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/) / 157 # In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2, sentence 157 \[65\] I never hear this singular proverb without being re-minded of a sentence in Huxley’s famous essay, \_On the Physical Basis of Life:\_—“The living protoplasm not only ultimately dies and is resolved into its mineral and lifeless constituents, but is always dying, and, strange as the paradox may sound, \_could not live unless it died\_.” **Who acts:** 65, living protoplasm, paradox, Huxley · **What happens:** not hear, re-mind, not die, resolve, die, sound · **To what, where:** singular proverb, famous essay, mineral · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (65, living protoplasm, paradox, Huxley), 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:pg8128:25:157 # text = [65] I never hear this singular proverb without being re-minded of a sentence in Huxley’s famous essay, _On the Physical Basis of Life:_—“The living protoplasm not only ultimately dies and is resolved into its mineral and lifeless constituents, but is always dying, and, strange as the paradox may sound, _could not live unless it died_.” 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 65 65 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 punct _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 without without SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 re-minded re-mind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 Huxley Huxley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 essay essay NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 On on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Basis Basis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 — - PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 protoplasm protoplasm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mineral mineral NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 lifeless lifeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 constituents constituent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 53 advmod _ _ 53 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 parataxis _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 paradox paradox NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 67 live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 62 parataxis _ _ 68 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | present | 65 | this singular proverb | | | | I *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer proverb=Stimulus | | 2 | **re-mind** | gerund · passive | | | | Huxley's famous essay | | of a sentence; on the Physical Basis of Life; 65 *nsubj*; I *nsubj*; this singular proverb *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **die** *in a quote* | present | the living protoplasm | | | | | ultimately *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **resolve** *in a quote* | present · passive | the living protoplasm *not said here* | | | protoplasm's mineral and lifeless constituents | | | tree rules | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the living protoplasm *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **sound** *in a quote* | may | the paradox | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **live** *in a quote* | could | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | paradox | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **essay** | | Huxley | | | | | | nom essay «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/158/) - ↑ back to [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/)