--- title: To-day we have ceased to be consciously afraid of the unseen;—knowin… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: To-day we have ceased to be consciously afraid of the unseen;—knowing that we ourselves are supernatural,—that even the physical man, with all his life of sense, is more ghostly than any ghost of old imagining: but some dim inheritance of the primitive fear still slumbers in our being, and wakens pe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Names of Incense Used., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/) / 34 # In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 34 To-day we have ceased to be consciously afraid of the unseen;—knowing that we ourselves are supernatural,—that even the physical man, with all his life of sense, is more ghostly than any ghost of old imagining: but some dim inheritance of the primitive fear still slumbers in our being, and wakens perhaps, like an echo, to the sound of that wail in the night. **Who acts:** we, that, dim inheritance · **What happens:** cease, be, know, man, ghost, inherit · **To what, where:** we, old imagining, primitive fear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, that, dim inheritance), 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:pg8128:9:34 # text = To-day we have ceased to be consciously afraid of the unseen;—knowing that we ourselves are supernatural,—that even the physical man, with all his life of sense, is more ghostly than any ghost of old imagining: but some dim inheritance of the primitive fear still slumbers in our being, and wakens perhaps, like an echo, to the sound of that wail in the night. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 consciously consciously ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 unseen unseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 nmod _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 supernatural supernatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 ghostly ghostly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 imagining imagining NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 49 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 primitive primitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 55 still still ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 slumbers slumber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 57 in in SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 59 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 wakens waken VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 63 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 like like ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 echo echo NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 74 wail wail NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | present · perfect · passive | | we | | | day | some dim inheritance of the primitive fear and slumbers *obl* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of the unseen; afraid, consciously *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | we | | | | | supernatural *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **man** | | that | | | | | man's life of sense *conj* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | than any ghost of old imagining; ghostly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | gerund | some dim inheritance of the primitive fear and slumbers *not said here* | | | | | our *nmod:poss*; a echo *parataxis*; perhaps, waken *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **ghost** | | | old imagining | | | | | nom ghost «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **inherit** | | | the primitive fear and slumbers | | | | | nom inheritance «act 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/35/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/)