--- title: “I have heard that a priest of pure life may gain power to see into… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “I have heard that a priest of pure life may gain power to see into the future for a hundred years; but truly this is the first time in my existence that I have had proof of such power…. Who acts: Yusai, priest, this, my. 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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 (Yusai, priest, this, my), 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:pg8128:7:86 # text = “I have heard that a priest of pure life may gain power to see into the future for a hundred years; but truly this is the first time in my existence that I have had proof of such power…. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 13 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 truly truly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 …. .. PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Yusai | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **gain** *in a quote* | may | a priest of pure life | power | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a priest of pure life *not said here* | | | the future | year | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the first time | | my existence | | truly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Yusai | my existence | | | | proof of such power *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **exist** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **proof** *in a quote* | | | such power | | | | | nom proof «cognition 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/87/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/)