--- title: Then forgetting utterly his pledge,—foolishly dreaming that he stood… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Then forgetting utterly his pledge,—foolishly dreaming that he stood in the very presence of the very Buddha,—he cast himself down in worship with tears of love and thanksgiving; crying out with a loud voice, “_O thou Blessed One! Who acts: Sâriputra, thou. 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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 (Sâriputra, thou), 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:pg8128:27:48 # text = Then forgetting utterly his pledge,—foolishly dreaming that he stood in the very presence of the very Buddha,—he cast himself down in worship with tears of love and thanksgiving; crying out with a loud voice, “_O thou Blessed One! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 forgetting forget VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 — - PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 foolishly foolishly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 thanksgiving thanksgiving NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 O o NOUN NN _ 47 obl _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 Blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 48 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | gerund | | Sâriputra's pledge | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **dream** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stand** | past | Sâriputra | | | the presence of the Buddha | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in presence=Location | | 4 | **cast down** | past | Sâriputra | Sâriputra | | worship with tears of love and thanksgiving | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in worship=Destination | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | with a loud voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | | 6 | **bless** *in a quote* | past | thou | O | | | | One *obj* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 7 | **pledge** | | Sâriputra | | | | | | nom pledge «possession transitive»: poss=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/49/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)