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title: Then, strange to say, Shinzaburō felt unable to remain under his mos… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Then, strange to say, Shinzaburō felt unable to remain under his mosquito-net: something stronger even than his fear impelled him to look; and, instead of continuing to recite the _Ubō-Darani-Kyō_, he foolishly approached the shutters, and through a chink peered out into the night. Who acts: Shinzab
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 121

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Then, strange to say, Shinzaburō felt unable to remain under his mosquito-net: something stronger even than his fear impelled him to look; and, instead of continuing to recite the \_Ubō-Darani-Kyō\_, he foolishly approached the shutters, and through a chink peered out into the night.

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**Who acts:** Shinzaburō, fear, sweat · **What happens:** say, feel, remain, impel, look, continue · **To what, where:** mosquito net, sweat, Ubō, shutters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shinzaburō, fear, sweat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8128:6:122
# text = Then, strange to say, Shinzaburō felt unable to remain under his mosquito-net: something stronger even than his fear impelled him to look; and, instead of continuing to recite the _Ubō-Darani-Kyō_, he foolishly approached the shutters, and through a chink peered out into the night.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Shinzaburō	Shinzaburō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mosquito	mosquito	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	_
20	even	even	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
21	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	impelled	impel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
31	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	33	mark	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	fixed	_	_
33	continuing	continue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	advcl	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	recite	recite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	Ubō	Ubō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	Darani	Darani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Kyō	Kyō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	approached	approach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	shutters	shutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
52	through	through	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	chink	chink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
55	peered	peer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	conj	_	_
56	out	out	ADP	RP	_	55	compound:prt	_	_
57	into	into	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feel** | past | Shinzaburō |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | Shinzaburō *not said here* |  |  | sweat's mosquito net |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under net=Location |
| 4 | **impel** | past | sweat's fear | sweat |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | sweat's fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 6 | **continue** | gerund | fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **recite** | to-infinitive | fear *not said here* | the Ubō and Darani and Kyō |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ubō=Theme |
| 8 | **approach** | past | fear | the shutters |  |  |  | foolishly *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shutter=Theme |
| 9 | **peer out** | participle | fear *not said here* |  |  |  | night | through a chink | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through chink=Theme |
| 11 | **fear** |  | sweat |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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