--- title: The above phrase, as might be inferred, is not a popular expression:… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The above phrase, as might be inferred, is not a popular expression: it is rather an artistic and poetical reference to the aspect of a landscape covered with snow to the horizon-line,—so that beyond the snow-circle there is only the great void of the sky. 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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 (above phrase, phrase, great void), 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:pg8128:25:217 # text = The above phrase, as might be inferred, is not a popular expression: it is rather an artistic and poetical reference to the aspect of a landscape covered with snow to the horizon-line,—so that beyond the snow-circle there is only the great void of the sky. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 above above ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 inferred infer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 18 rather rather ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 artistic artistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 poetical poetical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 landscape landscape NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 horizon horizon NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 so so SCONJ IN _ 46 case _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 49 only only ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 void void NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **infer** | might · passive | | the above phrase *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | the above phrase | a popular expression | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | phrase | a artistic reference | | | | to the aspect of a landscape | tree rules | | 4 | **cover** | participle | | a landscape *not said here* | | | | with snow; to the horizon line | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with snow=Theme | | 5 | **be** | present | the great void of the sky | | | there | | so the snow circle | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **void** | | | the sky | | | | | nom void «state 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. - ← previous: [sentence 216](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/216/) - next →: [sentence 218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/218/) - ↑ 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/)