--- title: And Tomozō, out of fear, as often promised her to take away the _o-f… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: And Tomozō, out of fear, as often promised her to take away the _o-fuda_ before the next sundown; but never by day could he make up his mind to remove it,—believing that evil was intended to Shinzaburō. Who acts: Tomozō, mind. 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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 (Tomozō, mind), 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:pg8128:7:16 # text = And Tomozō, out of fear, as often promised her to take away the _o-fuda_ before the next sundown; but never by day could he make up his mind to remove it,—believing that evil was intended to Shinzaburō. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 Tomozō Tomozō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 often often ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 away away ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 fuda fuda NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 sundown sundown NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 remove remove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Shinzaburō Shinzaburō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Tomozō | | person | | | often *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tomozō *not said here* | the fuda \_ | | | before the next sundown | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent \_=Theme | | 3 | **make up** | could | Tomozō | Tomozō's mind | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **remove** | to-infinitive | Tomozō's mind *not said here* | mind | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **believe** | gerund | Tomozō's mind *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **intend** | past · passive | | that evil | Shinzaburō | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **mind** | | Tomozō | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/17/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/)