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title: The _Dai-Nichi-Kyō_ says:—” At the sound of the blowing of the shell… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: The _Dai-Nichi-Kyō_ says:—” At the sound of the blowing of the shell, all the heavenly deities are filled with delight, and come to hear the Law.” Who acts: Dai, sound. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of 
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 76

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The \_Dai-Nichi-Kyō\_ says:—” At the sound of the blowing of the shell, all the heavenly deities are filled with delight, and come to hear the Law.”

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**Who acts:** Dai, sound · **What happens:** say, fill, come, hear, blow · **To what, where:** heavenly deities, Law, shell · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dai, sound), 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:pg8128:8:77
# text = The _Dai-Nichi-Kyō_ says:—” At the sound of the blowing of the shell, all the heavenly deities are filled with delight, and come to hear the Law.”
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dai	Dai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nichi	Nichi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Kyō	Kyō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	At	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	blowing	blowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	det:predet	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	deities	deity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	33	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Dai and Nichi and Kyō |  |  |  |  | the sound of the blowing of the shell *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fill** *in a quote* | present · passive | the sound of the blowing of the shell *not said here* | all heavenly deities |  |  |  | with delight | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with delight=Instrument |
| 3 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | the Law |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer law=Stimulus |
| 5 | **blow** *in a quote* |  |  | the shell |  |  |  |  | nom blowing «process transitive»: of=patient |

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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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