--- title: It fills me, that cry, with a strange curiosity not less than with a… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: It fills me, that cry, with a strange curiosity not less than with a strange horror,—because of certain extraordinary vowellings in it which always recur in the same order of sequence, and must represent particular forms of animal speech,—particular ideas. Who acts: cry. 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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 (cry), 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:pg8128:9:23 # text = It fills me, that cry, with a strange curiosity not less than with a strange horror,—because of certain extraordinary vowellings in it which always recur in the same order of sequence, and must represent particular forms of animal speech,—particular ideas. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 25 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 vowellings vowelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 appos _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 29 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 30 advmod _ _ 30 recur recur VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 represent represent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 — - PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present | cry | me | | | | that cry *obl*; a strange curiosity than a strange horror *parataxis* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **recur** | present | | certain extraordinary vowellings in horror | | the same order of sequence | | always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **represent** | must | | particular forms of animal speech and particular ideas | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot form=Theme | | 4 | **order** | | | sequence | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **form** | | | animal speech | | | | | nom form «communication 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/24/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/)