--- title: These, and all the gods, and all the demons, he saw bow down before… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: These, and all the gods, and all the demons, he saw bow down before the Lion-throne; and he heard that multitude incalculable of beings praising the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law,—like the roar of a sea before the Lord. Who acts: demons, Sâriputra, multitude incalculable, sea. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (demons, Sâriputra, multitude incalculable, sea), 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:pg8128:27:47 # text = These, and all the gods, and all the demons, he saw bow down before the Lion-throne; and he heard that multitude incalculable of beings praising the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law,—like the roar of a sea before the Lord. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 bow bow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 incalculable incalculable NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 praising praise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 acl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Sûtra Sûtra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Lotos Loto PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 before before ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | all demons | | | | | Sâriputra *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **bow down** | infinitive | all demons *not said here* | | | the Lion throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before throne=Location | | 3 | **hear** | past | Sâriputra | multitude incalculable of beings | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer incalculable=Stimulus | | 4 | **praise** | gerund | multitude incalculable of beings *not said here* | the Sûtra of the Lotos of the Good Law | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sûtra=Theme | | 6 | **roar** | | a sea | | | | before the Lord | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent before=obl | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/48/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)