--- title: “Please remain; but do not speak loud—because there is a troublesome… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “Please remain; but do not speak loud—because there is a troublesome fellow living close by,—a _ninsomi_[7] called Hakuōdō Yusai, who tells peoples fortunes by looking at their faces. Who acts: you, troublesome fellow, Hakuōdō. 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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 (you, troublesome fellow, Hakuōdō), 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:pg8128:5:126 # text = “Please remain; but do not speak loud—because there is a troublesome fellow living close by,—a _ninsomi_[7] called Hakuōdō Yusai, who tells peoples fortunes by looking at their faces. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Please please INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 remain remain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 — - PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 troublesome troublesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 17 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ninsomi ninsomi X FW Foreign=Yes 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 29 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 30 Hakuōdō Hakuōdō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ _ 31 Yusai Yusai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 compound _ _ 36 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 by by SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a troublesome fellow | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | a troublesome fellow *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | Hakuōdō *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Hakuōdō | peoples fortunes | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fortune=Recipient | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | Hakuōdō *not said here* | | | | | at fortunes's faces | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at face=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/126/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/)