--- title: A common form of Shintō written charm (_shugo_) is furnished for thi… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: A common form of Shintō written charm (_shugo_) is furnished for this purpose from the temple of the Goddess of Fuji: the text reads:—_Fuji-san chōjō Sengen-gu dai-gyō manzoku_,—meaning that the owner of the boat pledges himself, in case of good-fortune at fishing, to perform great austerities in ho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/67/) [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/) / 67 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 67 A common form of Shintō written charm (\_shugo\_) is furnished for this purpose from the temple of the Goddess of Fuji: the text reads:—\_Fuji-san chōjō Sengen-gu dai-gyō manzoku\_,—meaning that the owner of the boat pledges himself, in case of good-fortune at fishing, to perform great austerities in honor of the divinity whose shrine is upon the summit of Fuji. **Who acts:** common form, text, owner, shrine · **What happens:** write, charm, furnish, read, mean, pledge · **To what, where:** written charm, temple, Fuji san chōjō, charm, case, great austerities 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 (common form, text, owner, shrine), 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:pg8128:27:68 # text = A common form of Shintō written charm (_shugo_) is furnished for this purpose from the temple of the Goddess of Fuji: the text reads:—_Fuji-san chōjō Sengen-gu dai-gyō manzoku_,—meaning that the owner of the boat pledges himself, in case of good-fortune at fishing, to perform great austerities in honor of the divinity whose shrine is upon the summit of Fuji. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Shintō Shintō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 shugo shugo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Goddess Goddess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Fuji Fuji PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Fuji Fuji PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 san san ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 chōjō chōjō NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 Sengen Sengen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 gu gu X FW Foreign=Yes 36 appos _ _ 40 dai dai X FW _ 39 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 gyō gyō X FW Foreign=Yes 36 conj _ _ 43 manzoku manzoku X FW Foreign=Yes 42 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 — - PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 pledges pledge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 55 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 68 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 austerities austerity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 divinity divinity NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 77 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 78 upon upon ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 acl:relcl _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 Fuji Fuji PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **charm** | | a common form of Shintō | | | | | shugo *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **furnish** | present · passive | | written charm | | the temple of the Goddess of Fuji | | for this purpose | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for purpose=Recipient | | 4 | **read** | present | the text | Fuji san chōjō | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mean** | gerund | the text *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pledge** | present | the owner of the boat | charm | | case of good fortune at fishing | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 7 | **perform** | to-infinitive | the text *not said here* | great austerities | | honor of the divinity | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent austerity=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | the summit's shrine | | | | | upon the summit; of Fuji | tree rules | | 9 | **form** | | | Shintō | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **honor** | | | the divinity | | | | | nom honor «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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/68/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)