--- title: Deeper than these distinct shocks of noise, and all the storming of… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Deeper than these distinct shocks of noise, and all the storming of the nearer waves, was the bass of the further surf,—a ceaseless abysmal muttering to which the building trembled,—a sound that seemed to imagination like the sound of the trampling of infinite cavalry, the massing of incalculable ar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/169/) [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/) / [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/) / 169 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 169 Deeper than these distinct shocks of noise, and all the storming of the nearer waves, was the bass of the further surf,—a ceaseless abysmal muttering to which the building trembled,—a sound that seemed to imagination like the sound of the trampling of infinite cavalry, the massing of incalculable artillery,—some rushing, from the Sunrise, of armies wide as the world. **Who acts:** storming, building, sound, ceaseless abysmal muttering, some, infinite cavalry · **What happens:** be, tremble, seem, mass, rush, shock · **To what, where:** bass, Deeper distinct shocks, noise This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Story of a Tengu\[1\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (storming, building, sound, ceaseless abysmal muttering), 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:pg8128:27:170 # text = Deeper than these distinct shocks of noise, and all the storming of the nearer waves, was the bass of the further surf,—a ceaseless abysmal muttering to which the building trembled,—a sound that seemed to imagination like the sound of the trampling of infinite cavalry, the massing of incalculable artillery,—some rushing, from the Sunrise, of armies wide as the world. 1 Deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 distinct distinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 shocks shock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 storming storming NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 16 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bass bass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 surf surf NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 — - PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 ceaseless ceaseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 abysmal abysmal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 muttering muttering NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 — - PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 like like ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 infinite infinite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 cavalry cavalry NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 massing mass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 incalculable incalculable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 artillery artillery NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 — - PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 62 nsubj _ _ 62 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl:unmarked _ _ 70 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 71 as as ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | all storming of the nearer waves | the bass | | | | of the further surf | tree rules | | 2 | **tremble** | past | the building | | | | | to a ceaseless abysmal muttering and a sound | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | past | a sound | | | | | to imagination like the sound of the trampling of infinite cavalry | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **mass** | gerund | a ceaseless abysmal muttering and a sound *not said here* | | | | | of incalculable artillery | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rush** | gerund | some | this Deeper distinct shocks of noise and a ceaseless abysmal muttering and a sound *not said here* | | | sunrise | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shock=Trajectory | | 7 | **shock** | | | noise | | | | | nom shock «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **trample** | | infinite cavalry | | | | | | nom trampling «event intransitive»: of=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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/170/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)