--- title: But the terror of death and the terror of the unknown restrained; an… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But the terror of death and the terror of the unknown restrained; and there went on within him such a struggle between his love and his fear that he became as one suffering in the body the pains of the Shō-netsu hell. Who acts: house. 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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 (house), 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:pg8128:6:125 # text = But the terror of death and the terror of the unknown restrained; and there went on within him such a struggle between his love and his fear that he became as one suffering in the body the pains of the Shō-netsu hell. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nmod _ _ 12 restrained restrain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 on on ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 within within ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 22 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 between between ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 Shō Shō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 netsu netsu NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restrain** | participle · passive | | the terror of death and the terror of the unknown | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **go on** | past | | such struggle between house's love and house's fear | | there | | within house | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **become** | past | house | the pains of the Shō netsu hell | | the body | | as one suffering | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient fear=Result | | 4 | **love** | | house | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **fear** | | house | | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **pain** | | | the Shō netsu hell | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/125/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/)