--- title: But when you see the appearance of the Buddha, you must not allow yo… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But when you see the appearance of the Buddha, you must not allow your devout feelings to influence you in any way;—you must not bow down, nor pray, nor utter any such exclamation as, ‘_Even so, Lord! Who acts: you. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Story of a Tengu[1], with its de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/35/) [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/) / 35 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 35 But when you see the appearance of the Buddha, you must not allow your devout feelings to influence you in any way;—you must not bow down, nor pray, nor utter any such exclamation as, ‘\_Even so, Lord! **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** see, not allow, influence, not bow down, pray · **To what, where:** appearance, devout feelings, you, way 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 (you), 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:pg8128:27:35 # text = But when you see the appearance of the Buddha, you must not allow your devout feelings to influence you in any way;—you must not bow down, nor pray, nor utter any such exclamation as, ‘_Even so, Lord! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 devout devout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 influence influence VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 bow bow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 33 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 36 utter utter ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 exclamation exclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Even even ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | the appearance of the Buddha | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer appearance=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **allow** | must | you | your devout feelings | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Beneficiary | | 3 | **influence** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | any way | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 4 | **not** **bow down** | must | you | | | | | any such exclamation *conj* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pray** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/36/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)