--- title: Then the priest, opening his eyes in a great radiance, perceived tha… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Then the priest, opening his eyes in a great radiance, perceived that all things had been changed: the place was indeed the Vulture Peak,—the holy Indian mountain Gridhrakûta; and the time was the time of the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law. Who acts: priest, place, time. A sentence of «In Ghostl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/42/) [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/) / 42 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 42 Then the priest, opening his eyes in a great radiance, perceived that all things had been changed: the place was indeed the Vulture Peak,—the holy Indian mountain Gridhrakûta; and the time was the time of the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law. **Who acts:** priest, place, time · **What happens:** open, perceive, change, be · **To what, where:** eyes, great radiance, things, Vulture Peak, time 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 (priest, place, time), 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:pg8128:27:42 # text = Then the priest, opening his eyes in a great radiance, perceived that all things had been changed: the place was indeed the Vulture Peak,—the holy Indian mountain Gridhrakûta; and the time was the time of the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 radiance radiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 24 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Vulture Vulture PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Peak Peak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 34 Gridhrakûta Gridhrakûta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Sûtra Sûtra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Lotos Loto PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 Law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | gerund | the priest *not said here* | priest's eyes | | a great radiance | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme in radiance=Location | | 2 | **perceive** | past | the priest | | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **change** | past · perfect · passive | | all things | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | the place | the Vulture Peak | | | | the holy Indian mountain *appos*; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | the time | the time | | | | of the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/43/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)