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title: And incomparably further than even the measureless circling of the g… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: And incomparably further than even the measureless circling of the glory of these, he saw—made visible by a single ray of light that shot from the forehead of the Blessed One to pierce beyond uttermost Time—the eighteen hundred thousand Buddha-fields of the Eastern Quarter with all their habitants,—
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# In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 46

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And incomparably further than even the measureless circling of the glory of these, he saw—made visible by a single ray of light that shot from the forehead of the Blessed One to pierce beyond uttermost Time—the eighteen hundred thousand Buddha-fields of the Eastern Quarter with all their habitants,—and the beings in each of the Six States of Existence,—and even the shapes of the Buddhas extinct, that had entered into Nirvâna.

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**Who acts:** Sâriputra, single ray, these · **What happens:** see, make, shoot, pierce, enter, glory · **To what, where:** thousand Buddha fields, forehead, beings, Nirvâna, light

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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 (Sâriputra, single ray, these), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8128:27:46
# text = And incomparably further than even the measureless circling of the glory of these, he saw—made visible by a single ray of light that shot from the forehead of the Blessed One to pierce beyond uttermost Time—the eighteen hundred thousand Buddha-fields of the Eastern Quarter with all their habitants,—and the beings in each of the Six States of Existence,—and even the shapes of the Buddhas extinct, that had entered into Nirvâna.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	incomparably	incomparably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	measureless	measureless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	circling	circling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
19	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	pierce	pierce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	advcl	_	_
37	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	uttermost	uttermost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
42	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	43	compound	_	_
43	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	compound	_	_
44	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
45	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	Eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	Quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	55	det:predet	_	_
54	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	habitants	habitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	conj	_	_
61	in	in	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	60	nmod	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	66	nummod	_	_
66	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	62	nmod	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	Existence	Existence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	74	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
72	even	even	ADV	RB	_	74	advmod	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	conj	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	Buddhas	Buddha	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	78	obl	_	_
78	extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
80	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	82	nsubj:pass	_	_
81	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
82	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	acl	_	_
83	into	into	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
84	Nirvâna	Nirvâna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Sâriputra | the thousand Buddha fields of the Eastern Quarter with fields's habitants and the beings in each of the Six States of Existence and the shapes |  |  |  | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | past | Sâriputra *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a single ray of light; visible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **shoot** | past | a single ray of light |  |  | the forehead of the Blessed One |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from forehead=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **pierce** | to-infinitive | a single ray of light *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **enter** | past · perfect · passive |  | the beings in each of the Six States of Existence and the shapes |  | Nirvâna |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 6 | **glory** |  | these |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent |
| 7 | **ray** |  |  | light |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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