--- title: Nay, there are times when her cry seems to me not the mere cry of a… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Nay, there are times when her cry seems to me not the mere cry of a dog, but the voice of the law itself,—the very speech of that Nature so inexplicably called by poets the loving, the merciful, the divine! Who acts: cry, evidence, dog. 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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, evidence, dog), 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:pg8128:9:44 # text = Nay, there are times when her cry seems to me not the mere cry of a dog, but the voice of the law itself,—the very speech of that Nature so inexplicably called by poets the loving, the merciful, the divine! 1 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 25 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 Nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 inexplicably inexplicably ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 loving loving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 merciful merciful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 divine divine NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | evidence's cry | the mere cry of a dog | me | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the voice and the speech of that Nature | | | | of the law cry; the speech of that Nature *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | participle | | the speech of that Nature *not said here* | | | | by poets; inexplicably, loving *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** | | | | | | | the divine *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **cry** | | evidence | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **cry** | | a dog | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **speak** | | | that Nature | | | | | nom speech «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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/45/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/)