In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 116
I would next treat of the records and legends of the first introduction of Buddhist incense from Korea,—when King Shōmyō of Kudara, in 551 A. D., sent to the island-empire a collection of sutras, an image of the Buddha, and one complete set of furniture for a temple.
Who acts: I · What happens: treat, send, introduce, image · To what, where: King Shōmyō, island empire, Buddhist incense, Buddha
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 treat | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 treat | aux |
| 3 | next | next | ADV | _ | 4 treat | advmod |
| 4 | treat | treat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 records | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 records | det |
| 7 | records | record | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 treat | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 legends | cc |
| 9 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 records | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 introduction | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 introduction | det |
| 12 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 introduction | amod |
| 13 | introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 legends | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 incense | case |
| 15 | Buddhist | buddhist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 incense | amod |
| 16 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 introduction | nmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 Korea | case |
| 18 | Korea | Korea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 incense | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 treat | punct |
| 20 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 Shōmyō | punct |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 Shōmyō | advmod |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Shōmyō | compound |
| 23 | Shōmyō | Shōmyō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 treat | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Kudara | case |
| 25 | Kudara | Kudara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Shōmyō | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 551 | punct |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 551 | case |
| 28 | 551 | 551 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 Shōmyō | list |
| 29 | A. | A. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 D. | compound |
| 30 | D. | D. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 551 | nmod:unmarked |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 sent | punct |
| 32 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 Shōmyō | acl |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 empire | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 empire | det |
| 35 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 empire | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 island | punct |
| 37 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 sent | obl |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 collection | det |
| 39 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 empire | appos |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 sutras | case |
| 41 | sutras | sutra | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 collection | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 image | punct |
| 43 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 image | det |
| 44 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 collection | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Buddha | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Buddha | det |
| 47 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 image | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 set | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 set | cc |
| 50 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 52 set | nummod |
| 51 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 set | amod |
| 52 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Shōmyō | appos |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 furniture | case |
| 54 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 set | nmod |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 temple | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 temple | det |
| 57 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 set | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 treat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | would | I | King Shōmyō of Kudara | of the records and legends of the first introduction of Buddhist incense from Korea; next property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | send | participle | King Shōmyō of Kudara not said here | the island empire | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to empire=Destination | ||||
| 3 | introduce | Buddhist incense from Korea | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | image | the Buddha | nom image «cognition 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.
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