--- title: And in mid-air, shining as a moon above the world, the priest beheld… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: And in mid-air, shining as a moon above the world, the priest beheld the Blessed One seated upon the Lion-throne, with Samantabhadra at his right hand, and Manjusri at his left,—and before them assembled—immeasurably spreading into Space, like a flood Of stars—the hosts of the Mahâsattvas and the Bo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/44/) [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/) / 44 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 44 And in mid-air, shining as a moon above the world, the priest beheld the Blessed One seated upon the Lion-throne, with Samantabhadra at his right hand, and Manjusri at his left,—and before them assembled—immeasurably spreading into Space, like a flood Of stars—the hosts of the Mahâsattvas and the Bodhisattvas with their countless following: “gods, demons, Nâgas, goblins, men, and beings not human.” **Who acts:** mid-air, priest, pines, stars · **What happens:** shine, behold, seat, assemble, spread, follow · **To what, where:** Blessed One, mid-air, gods, hosts, Space 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 (mid-air, priest, pines, stars), 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:pg8128:27:44 # text = And in mid-air, shining as a moon above the world, the priest beheld the Blessed One seated upon the Lion-throne, with Samantabhadra at his right hand, and Manjusri at his left,—and before them assembled—immeasurably spreading into Space, like a flood Of stars—the hosts of the Mahâsattvas and the Bodhisattvas with their countless following: “gods, demons, Nâgas, goblins, men, and beings not human.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 mid-air mid-air NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 above above ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Blessed blessed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Samantabhadra Samantabhadra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 Manjusri Manjusri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 before before SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 immeasurably immeasurably ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Space Space PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 like like ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 Of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 — - PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Mahâsattvas Mahâsattvas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Bodhisattvas Bodhisattva PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 60 conj _ _ 64 with with SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 countless countless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 : : PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 69 “ " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 Nâgas Nâgas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 goblins goblin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 78 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 81 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 nsubj _ _ 82 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 83 advmod _ _ 83 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | mid-air *not said here* | | | | | as a moon above the world | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | the priest | the Blessed One | | mid-air | | Samantabhadra at priest's right hand and Manjusri at priest's left *parataxis* | tree rules | | 3 | **seat** | participle | | the Blessed One *not said here* | | | | upon the Lion throne | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 4 | **assemble** | past | pines *= pine* | gods Nâgas and demons and goblins and men | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spread** | gerund | pines *= pine* *not said here* | the hosts of the Mahâsattvas and the Bodhisattvas | | Space | | like a flood of stars; immeasurably *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into space=Destination | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | pines *= pine* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **flood** | | stars | | | | | | nom flood «phenomenon 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/45/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)