--- title: As he sorrowfully turned his steps homeward, the goblin-monk once mo… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: As he sorrowfully turned his steps homeward, the goblin-monk once more appeared before him, and said to him in tones of reproach and pain:—“Because you did not keep the promise which you made to me, and heedlessly allowed your feelings to overcome you, the Gohotendó, who is the Guardian of the Doctr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/51/) [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/) / 51 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 51 As he sorrowfully turned his steps homeward, the goblin-monk once more appeared before him, and said to him in tones of reproach and pain:—“Because you did not keep the promise which you made to me, and heedlessly allowed your feelings to overcome you, the Gohotendó, who is the Guardian of the Doctrine, swooped down suddenly from heaven upon us, and smote us in great anger, crying out, ‘\_How do ye dare thus to deceive a pious person? **Who acts:** sadness, promise, feelings, Gohotendó, ye · **What happens:** turn, appear, say, not keep, make, allow · **To what, where:** steps homeward, sadness, tones, promise, me, feelings · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (sadness, promise, feelings, Gohotendó), 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:pg8128:27:52 # text = As he sorrowfully turned his steps homeward, the goblin-monk once more appeared before him, and said to him in tones of reproach and pain:—“Because you did not keep the promise which you made to me, and heedlessly allowed your feelings to overcome you, the Gohotendó, who is the Guardian of the Doctrine, swooped down suddenly from heaven upon us, and smote us in great anger, crying out, ‘_How do ye dare thus to deceive a pious person? 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 sorrowfully sorrowfully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 compound _ _ 7 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 13 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 15 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 15 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 — - PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Because because SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 heedlessly heedlessly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Gohotendó Gohotendó PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Guardian guardian NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Doctrine Doctrine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 swooped swoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 66 down down ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 70 upon upon ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 smote smote VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 75 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 iobj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 80 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 74 conj _ _ 81 out out ADP RP _ 80 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 83 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 88 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 88 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 88 advmod _ _ 86 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 87 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 88 nsubj _ _ 88 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 conj _ _ 89 thus thus ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 90 to to PART TO _ 91 mark _ _ 91 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 88 xcomp _ _ 92 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 93 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 94 amod _ _ 94 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | sadness | sadness's steps homeward and the goblin monk | | | | sorrowfully *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme | | 2 | **appear** | past | sadness *not said here* | | | | before sadness | once *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | sadness | tones of reproach and pain | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **keep** *in a quote* | past · do-support | sadness | the promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | past | the promise | | me | | | you *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **allow** *in a quote* | participle | the promise *not said here* | your feelings | | | | the Gohotendó *obl*; heedlessly *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer feeling=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **overcome** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | your feelings *not said here* | sadness | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Gohotendó | the Guardian | | | | of the Doctrine | tree rules | | 9 | **swoop down** *in a quote* | past | the promise *not said here* | | | heaven | | upon us; down, suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **smote** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | us | great anger | | | tree rules | | 11 | **cry out** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **dare** *in a quote* | present · do-support | ye | | | | | thus *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **deceive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | a pious person | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient | | 14 | **intonate** | | | reproach and pain | | | | | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/52/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)