--- title: [56] There are many curious sayings and proverbs about the oni, or B… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: [56] There are many curious sayings and proverbs about the oni, or Buddhist devil,—such as _Oni no mé ni mo namida_, “tears in even a devil’s eyes;”—Oni no kakuran, “devil’s cholera” (said of the unexpected sickness of some very strong and healthy person), etc., etc.—The class of demons called _Oni_ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/97/) [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/) / 97 # In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2, sentence 97 \[56\] There are many curious sayings and proverbs about the oni, or Buddhist devil,—such as \_Oni no mé ni mo namida\_, “tears in even a devil’s eyes;”—Oni no kakuran, “devil’s cholera” (said of the unexpected sickness of some very strong and healthy person), etc., etc.—The class of demons called \_Oni\_, properly belong to the Buddhist hells, where they act as torturers and jailers. **Who acts:** many curious sayings, oni · **What happens:** be, say, call, belong, act · **To what, where:** cholera, demons, 56 · **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 (many curious sayings, oni), 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:pg8128:25:97 # text = [56] There are many curious sayings and proverbs about the oni, or Buddhist devil,—such as _Oni no mé ni mo namida_, “tears in even a devil’s eyes;”—Oni no kakuran, “devil’s cholera” (said of the unexpected sickness of some very strong and healthy person), etc., etc.—The class of demons called _Oni_, properly belong to the Buddhist hells, where they act as torturers and jailers. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 56 56 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sayings saying NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 proverbs proverb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 oni oni NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 Buddhist buddhist ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 23 case _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Oni Oni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 mé mé NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 ni ni X FW _ 28 compound _ _ 27 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 namida namida NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 — - PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Oni Oni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 kakuran kakuran NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 cholera cholera NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ 51 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 58 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 59 very very ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 conj _ _ 63 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 — - PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nmod _ _ 74 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 acl _ _ 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 Oni Oni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 77 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 properly properly ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 81 to to ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 Buddhist Buddhist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 compound _ _ 84 hells hell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 86 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 88 advmod _ _ 87 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 88 nsubj _ _ 88 act act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 acl:relcl _ _ 89 as as ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 90 torturers torturer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 obl _ _ 91 and and CCONJ CC _ 92 cc _ _ 92 jailers jailer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | many curious sayings and proverbs about the oni or Buddhist devil and tears in a devil's eyes | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | devil's cholera *not said here* | | | | of the unexpected sickness of some strong person | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** | participle | | demons *not said here* | | | | Oni *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **belong** | present | | | | | | to the Buddhist hells; properly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **act** | present | oni | | | | | as torturers and jailers | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as torturer=Attribute | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/98/) - ↑ 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/)