In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 121

Some legends of the great period of incense-luxury should be cited,—such as the story of Sué Owari-no-Kami, who built for himself a palace of incense-woods, and set fire to it on the night of his revolt, when the smoke of its burning perfumed the land to a distance of twelve miles….

Who acts: story, smoke, legend, burning · What happens: cite, build, set, perfume, revolt, smoke · To what, where: legends, palace, fire, land

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 (story, smoke, legend, burning), 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	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 legends	det
2	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cited	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 period	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 period	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 period	amod
6	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legends	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 luxury	case
8	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 luxury	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 incense	punct
10	luxury	luxury	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 period	nmod
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cited	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 cited	aux:pass
13	cited	cite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cited	punct
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 story	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 story	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 story	det
19	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cited	parataxis
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Sué	case
21	Sué	Sué	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 story	nmod
22	Owari	Owari	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Sué	flat
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 Kami	punct
24	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 Kami	det
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 no	punct
26	Kami	Kami	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Sué	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 built	punct
28	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 built	nsubj
29	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 story	parataxis
30	for	for	ADP	_	31 himself	case
31	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	29 built	obl
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 palace	det
33	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 built	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 woods	case
35	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 woods	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 incense	punct
37	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 palace	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 set	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 set	cc
40	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 cited	parataxis
41	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 set	obj
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 it	case
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 set	obl
44	on	on	ADP	_	46 night	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 night	det
46	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 set	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 revolt	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 revolt	nmod:poss
49	revolt	revolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 night	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 perfumed	punct
51	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	57 perfumed	advmod
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 smoke	det
53	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 perfumed	nsubj
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 burning	case
55	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 burning	nmod:poss
56	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 smoke	nmod
57	perfumed	perfume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 set	conj
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 land	det
59	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 perfumed	obj
60	to	to	ADP	_	62 distance	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 distance	det
62	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 perfumed	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 miles	case
64	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	65 miles	nummod
65	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 distance	nmod
66	….	..	PUNCT	_	13 cited	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	cite	should · passive		some legends of the great period of incense luxury			the story of Sué and no Kami parataxis	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	build	past	the story of Sué and no Kami	a palace of incense woods			for legend	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent palace=Product for himself=Asset
3	set	infinitive		fire	palace	night		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result
4	perfume	past	the smoke of smoke's burning	the land			to a distance of twelve miles	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent land=Destination
5	revolt		legend					nom revolt «act intransitive»: poss=agent
6	smoke		smoke's burning					nom smoke «phenomenon 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 121