--- title: “Now as for my mistress,”—she continued, turning towards O-Tsuyu, wh… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “Now as for my mistress,”—she continued, turning towards O-Tsuyu, who had all the while remained demure and silent, half-hiding her face with her sleeve,—“as for my mistress, she actually says that she would not mind being disowned by her father for the time of seven existences,[6] or even being kil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/118/) [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/) / [Names of Incense Used., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/) / 118 # In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 3, sentence 118 “Now as for my mistress,”—she continued, turning towards O-Tsuyu, who had all the while remained demure and silent, half-hiding her face with her sleeve,—“as for my mistress, she actually says that she would not mind being disowned by her father for the time of seven existences,\[6\] or even being killed by him, for your sake! **Who acts:** grateful, O, while, father · **What happens:** continue, turn, have, remain, hide, say · **To what, where:** O, face · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grateful, O, while, father), 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:pg8128:5:119 # text = “Now as for my mistress,”—she continued, turning towards O-Tsuyu, who had all the while remained demure and silent, half-hiding her face with her sleeve,—“as for my mistress, she actually says that she would not mind being disowned by her father for the time of seven existences,[6] or even being killed by him, for your sake! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 6 case _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 towards towards ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Tsuyu Tsuyu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 25 demure demure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sleeve sleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 actually actually ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 53 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 disowned disown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 xcomp _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nummod _ _ 63 existences existence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 66 punct _ _ 68 or or CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 even even ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 70 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 conj _ _ 72 by by ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 75 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | grateful | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | grateful *not said here* | | | O and Tsuyu | | for my mistress | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards o=Trajectory | | 3 | **have** | past | O and Tsuyu | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remain** | past | all while | | | | | demure *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hide** | gerund | all while *not said here* | grateful's face | | | | with grateful's sleeve; half *compound* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | grateful | | | | | actually *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | would | grateful | | | | | for your sake | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **disown** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | grateful's father for the time of seven existences | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | father | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/119/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/)