--- title: Even so,—a million years after we shall have ceased to view the sun,… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Even so,—a million years after we shall have ceased to view the sun,—will the gladness and the grief of our own lives pass with richer music into other hearts—there to bestir, for one mysterious moment, some deep and exquisite thrilling of voluptuous pain. Who acts: million years. A sentence of «In --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/194/) [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/) / 194 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 194 Even so,—a million years after we shall have ceased to view the sun,—will the gladness and the grief of our own lives pass with richer music into other hearts—there to bestir, for one mysterious moment, some deep and exquisite thrilling of voluptuous pain. **Who acts:** million years · **What happens:** cease, view, pass, bestir · **To what, where:** we, sun, other hearts 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 (million years), 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:pg8128:27:195 # text = Even so,—a million years after we shall have ceased to view the sun,—will the gladness and the grief of our own lives pass with richer music into other hearts—there to bestir, for one mysterious moment, some deep and exquisite thrilling of voluptuous pain. 1 Even even ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 — - PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 view view VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 — - PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 bestir bestir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 47 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 exquisite exquisite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 50 thrilling thrilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 voluptuous voluptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | shall · perfect · passive | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives *not said here* | we | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **view** | to-infinitive | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives *not said here* | the sun | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 3 | **pass** | present | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives | | | other hearts | | with richer music | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into heart=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bestir** | to-infinitive | million years the gladness and the grief of our own lives *not said here* | | | there | moment | | tree rules | 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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/193/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)