--- title: After my death, you will certainly be promoted to a higher place; an… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: After my death, you will certainly be promoted to a higher place; and I now assure you again that I wish you to become the wife of our lord—yes, I wish this, Yukiko, even more than I wish to become a Buddha!… Who acts: I, my. 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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 (I, my), 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:pg8128:26:78 # text = After my death, you will certainly be promoted to a higher place; and I now assure you again that I wish you to become the wife of our lord—yes, I wish this, Yukiko, even more than I wish to become a Buddha!… 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 promoted promote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 assure assure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 xcomp _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 37 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Yukiko Yukiko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 conj _ _ 43 than than SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 … . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promote** | future · passive | | you | | | after my death | to a higher place; certainly *property* | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **assure** | present | I | | you | | now; again | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **wish** | present | I | | you | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the wife of our lord | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **wish** | present | I | this | | | | Yukiko *vocative* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot this=Theme | | 6 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a Buddha | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient buddha=Result | | 8 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/79/) - ↑ back to [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/)