--- title: It defined, took tints of life, slowly became luminous, and the Empe… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: It defined, took tints of life, slowly became luminous, and the Emperor recognized the form of his beloved At first the apparition was faint; but it soon became distinct as a living person, and seemed with each moment to grow more beautiful. Who acts: smoke, Emperor, apparition. 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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 (smoke, Emperor, apparition), 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:pg8128:3:62 # text = It defined, took tints of life, slowly became luminous, and the Emperor recognized the form of his beloved At first the apparition was faint; but it soon became distinct as a living person, and seemed with each moment to grow more beautiful. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 defined define VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 tints tint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 luminous luminous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 acl _ _ 21 beloved belov VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 At at SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 apparition apparition NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 distinct distinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 46 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **define** | past | smoke | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | smoke *not said here* | tints of life | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tint=Theme | | 3 | **become** | past | smoke *not said here* | | | | | luminous, slowly *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **recognize** | past | the Emperor | the form of form | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 5 | **belov** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the apparition | | | | | faint, first *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **become** | past | smoke | | | | | distinct, soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **seem** | past | | | | | moment | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **grow** | to-infinitive | | | | | | beautiful *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/61/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/)