In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 120

Examples ought to be given likewise of traditions attaching to historical incenses preserved in several princely families, together with specimens of those hereditary recipes for incense-making which have been transmitted from generation to generation through hundreds of years, and are still called after their august inventors,—as “the Method of Hina-Dainagon,” “the Method of Sentō-In,” etc. Recipes also should be given of those strange incenses made “_to imitate the perfume of the lotos, the smell of the summer breeze, and the odor of the autumn wind_.”

Who acts: traditions, hereditary recipes, summer breeze · What happens: give, attach, preserve, make, transmit, call · To what, where: Examples, historical incenses, several princely families, hereditary recipes, generation, etc. Recipes · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (traditions, hereditary recipes, summer breeze), 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	Examples	example	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 given	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 given	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	5 given	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 traditions	case
8	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 given	obl
9	attaching	attach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 traditions	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 incenses	case
11	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 incenses	amod
12	incenses	incense	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 attaching	obl
13	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 incenses	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 families	case
15	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 families	amod
16	princely	princely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 families	amod
17	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 preserved	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 specimens	punct
19	together	together	ADV	_	21 specimens	advmod
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 specimens	case
21	specimens	specimen	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 given	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 recipes	case
23	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	25 recipes	det
24	hereditary	hereditary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 recipes	amod
25	recipes	recipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 specimens	nmod
26	for	for	SCONJ	_	29 making	mark
27	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 making	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 incense	punct
29	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 recipes	acl
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 transmitted	nsubj:pass
31	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 transmitted	aux
32	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 transmitted	aux:pass
33	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 recipes	acl:relcl
34	from	from	ADP	_	35 generation	case
35	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 transmitted	obl
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 generation	case
37	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 transmitted	obl
38	through	through	ADP	_	39 hundreds	case
39	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 transmitted	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 years	case
41	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 hundreds	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 called	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 called	cc
44	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 called	aux:pass
45	still	still	ADV	_	46 called	advmod
46	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 given	parataxis
47	after	after	ADP	_	50 inventors	case
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 inventors	nmod:poss
49	august	august	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 inventors	amod
50	inventors	inventor	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 called	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct
52	—	-	PUNCT	_	56 Method	punct
53	as	as	ADP	_	56 Method	case
54	“	"	PUNCT	_	56 Method	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Method	det
56	Method	Method	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 Hina	case
58	Hina	Hina	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Method	nmod
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	60 Dainagon	punct
60	Dainagon	Dainagon	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Method	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 Method	punct
62	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 Method	punct
63	“	"	PUNCT	_	65 Method	punct
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 Method	det
65	Method	Method	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Method	parataxis
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 Sentō	case
67	Sentō	Sentō	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Method	nmod
68	-	-	PUNCT	_	69 In	punct
69	In	in	ADP	_	65 Method	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 In	punct
71	”	"	PUNCT	_	65 Method	punct
72	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	73 Recipes	compound
73	Recipes	recipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 Method	conj
74	also	also	ADV	_	77 given	advmod
75	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	77 given	aux
76	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	77 given	aux:pass
77	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	73 Recipes	acl:relcl
78	of	of	ADP	_	81 incenses	case
79	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	81 incenses	det
80	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 incenses	amod
81	incenses	incense	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 given	obl
82	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	81 incenses	acl
83	“	"	PUNCT	_	86 imitate	punct
84	_	_	PUNCT	_	86 imitate	punct
85	to	to	PART	_	86 imitate	mark
86	imitate	imitate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	82 made	parataxis
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 perfume	det
88	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 imitate	obj
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 lotos	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 lotos	det
91	lotos	loto	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 perfume	nmod
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 smell	punct
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 smell	det
94	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 perfume	conj
95	of	of	ADP	_	98 breeze	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 breeze	det
97	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 breeze	compound
98	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 smell	nmod
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 odor	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 odor	cc
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 odor	det
102	odor	odor	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 imitate	obl
103	of	of	ADP	_	106 wind	case
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	106 wind	det
105	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 wind	compound
106	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 odor	nmod
107	_	_	PUNCT	_	86 imitate	punct
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	65 Method	punct
109	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	ought · passive		Examples			of traditions; with specimens of that hereditary recipes; as the Method of Hina the Method of Sentō and etc. Recipes and Dainagon; likewise property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	attach	gerund	traditions not said here				to historical incenses	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to incense=Co-Patient
3	preserve	participle		historical incenses not said here	several princely families			vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	make	gerund	that hereditary recipes not said here				incense compound	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	transmit	present · perfect · passive		that hereditary recipes		from generation; to generation	through hundreds of years	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from generation=Initial_Location to generation=Destination
6	call	present · passive				after Examples's august inventors; still		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
7	give	should · passive		etc. Recipes not said here			of that strange incenses	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»
8	make	participle		that strange incenses not said here				tree rules
9	imitate in a quote	to-infinitive		the perfume of the lotos and the smell of the summer breeze			the odor of the autumn wind obl	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perfume=Theme
10	perfume in a quote			the lotos				nom perfume «cognition transitive»: of=patient
11	smell in a quote		the summer breeze					nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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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In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 120