--- title: But all at once this stillness was broken by a sound of women’s _get… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But all at once this stillness was broken by a sound of women’s _geta_[4] approaching—_kara-kon, kara-kon;_—and the sound drew nearer and nearer, quickly, till it reached the live-hedge surrounding the garden. Who acts: sound, stillness, live hedge. 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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 (sound, stillness, live hedge), 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:pg8128:5:74 # text = But all at once this stillness was broken by a sound of women’s _geta_[4] approaching—_kara-kon, kara-kon;_—and the sound drew nearer and nearer, quickly, till it reached the live-hedge surrounding the garden. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 stillness stillness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 geta geta NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 kara kara NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 kon kon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 kara kara NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 kon kon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 — - PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 38 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 51 surrounding surround VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past · passive | a sound and women | this stillness | | | | geta *obl*; 4 *appos*; once *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | a sound and women *not said here* | \_ kara kon and kara kon | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | past | the sound | | | | | near, quickly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reach** | past | stillness | the live hedge | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hedge=Theme | | 5 | **surround** | gerund | the live hedge *not said here* | the garden | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Co-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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/74/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/)