--- title: “It is not wonderful that you cannot recognize me in this form,” ret… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “It is not wonderful that you cannot recognize me in this form,” returned the monk: “I am the kite that those cruel boys were tormenting at Kita-no-Ōji. Who acts: life, you, wonderful, priest. 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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 (life, you, wonderful, priest), 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:pg8128:27:17 # text = “It is not wonderful that you cannot recognize me in this form,” returned the monk: “I am the kite that those cruel boys were tormenting at Kita-no-Ōji. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 recognize recognize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 17 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 kite kite NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 tormenting torment VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Kita Kita PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Ōji Ōji PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | life | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **recognize** *in a quote* | can | you | the priest *= priest* | | this form | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **return** | past | wonderful | the monk | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monk=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the priest *= priest* | the kite | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **torment** *in a quote* | past · progressive | that cruel boys | the kite | | Kita and no Ōji | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/18/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)