--- title: And these, rich in the wisdom of four and twenty centuries, wondered… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: And these, rich in the wisdom of four and twenty centuries, wondered at the beauty of his message, and caused all that he had said and done to be written down anew in languages unborn at the time when he lived and taught. Who acts: truth. 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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 (truth), 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:pg8128:8:114 # text = And these, rich in the wisdom of four and twenty centuries, wondered at the beauty of his message, and caused all that he had said and done to be written down anew in languages unborn at the time when he lived and taught. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 conj _ _ 12 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 wondered wonder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 anew anew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 unborn unborn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | participle | | four centuries *not said here* | | the beauty of truth's message | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **cause** | past | | all | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | truth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | participle | truth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **write down** | to-infinitive · passive | truth *not said here* | | | | | anew *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **live** | past | truth | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | truth *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/114/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)