--- title: Shinzaburō made fast the doors, bound the precious amulet about his… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Shinzaburō made fast the doors, bound the precious amulet about his waist, entered his mosquito-net, and by the glow of a night-lantern began to recite the _Ubō-Darani-Kyō_. Who acts: Shinzaburō, night lantern. 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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 (Shinzaburō, night lantern), 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:pg8128:6:108 # text = Shinzaburō made fast the doors, bound the precious amulet about his waist, entered his mosquito-net, and by the glow of a night-lantern began to recite the _Ubō-Darani-Kyō_. 1 Shinzaburō Shinzaburō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 bound bound ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 amulet amulet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mosquito mosquito NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 recite recite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Ubō Ubō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Darani Darani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Kyō Kyō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Shinzaburō | the doors | | | | bound the precious amulet about \_'s waist; fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Product | | 2 | **enter** | past | Shinzaburō *not said here* | \_'s mosquito net | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme net=Destination | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | by the glow of a night lantern | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **recite** | to-infinitive | | the Ubō and Darani and Kyō | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ubō=Theme | | 5 | **glow** | | a night lantern | | | | | | nom glow «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/108/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/)