In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 122

Of course the mere compilation of materials for a history of mixed-incenses would entail the study of a host of documents, treatises, and books,—particularly of such strange works as the _Kun-Shū-Rui-Shō_, or “Incense-Collector’s Classifying-Manual”;—containing the teachings of the Ten Schools of the Art of Mixing Incense; directions as to the best seasons for incense-making; and instructions about the “_different kinds of fire_” to be used for burning incense—(one kind is called “literary fire,” and another “military fire”); together with rules for pressing the ashes of a censer into various artistic designs corresponding to season and occasion….

Who acts: such strange, best seasons, burning incense, rules, various artistic designs · What happens: mix, entail, work, classify, contain, make · To what, where: study, Manual, teachings, one kind, ashes, various artistic designs · 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 (such strange, best seasons, burning incense, rules), 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	Of	of	ADP	_	5 compilation	case
2	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Of	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 compilation	det
4	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 compilation	amod
5	compilation	compilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 entail	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 materials	case
7	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 compilation	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 history	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 history	det
10	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 materials	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 incenses	case
12	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 incenses	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 mixed	punct
14	incenses	incense	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 history	nmod
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 entail	aux
16	entail	entail	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 study	det
18	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 entail	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 host	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 host	det
21	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 study	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 documents	case
23	documents	document	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 host	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 treatises	punct
25	treatises	treatise	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 documents	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 books	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 books	cc
28	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 entail	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 entail	punct
30	—	-	PUNCT	_	35 works	punct
31	particularly	particularly	ADV	_	35 works	advmod
32	of	of	SCONJ	_	35 works	mark
33	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 strange	amod
34	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 works	nsubj
35	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 entail	parataxis
36	as	as	ADP	_	39 Kun	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Kun	det
38	_	_	PUNCT	_	39 Kun	punct
39	Kun	Kun	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 works	obl
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 Shū	punct
41	Shū	Shū	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Kun	conj
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 Rui	punct
43	Rui	Rui	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Kun	appos
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 Shō	punct
45	Shō	Shō	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 Rui	conj
46	_	_	PUNCT	_	35 works	punct
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 ’s	punct
48	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 ’s	cc
49	“	"	PUNCT	_	52 Collector	punct
50	Incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Collector	compound
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 Incense	punct
52	Collector	collector	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 ’s	nsubj
53	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 works	conj
54	Classifying	classify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 ’s	xcomp
55	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 Manual	punct
56	Manual	manual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 Classifying	obj
57	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 Manual	punct
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 entail	punct
59	—	-	PUNCT	_	60 containing	punct
60	containing	contain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 entail	advcl
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 teachings	det
62	teachings	teaching	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 containing	obj
63	of	of	ADP	_	66 Schools	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 Schools	det
65	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	66 Schools	nummod
66	Schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 teachings	nmod
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 Art	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 Art	det
69	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 Schools	nmod
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 Incense	case
71	Mixing	Mixing	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 Incense	compound
72	Incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 Art	nmod
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	74 directions	punct
74	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 entail	obl
75	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	79 seasons	case
76	to	to	ADP	_	75 as	fixed
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 seasons	det
78	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	79 seasons	amod
79	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 directions	nmod
80	for	for	SCONJ	_	83 making	mark
81	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 making	compound
82	-	-	PUNCT	_	81 incense	punct
83	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	79 seasons	acl
84	;	;	PUNCT	_	89 “	punct
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 “	cc
86	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 “	nsubj
87	about	about	ADP	_	89 “	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 “	det
89	“	"	PUNCT	_	16 entail	punct
90	_	_	PUNCT	_	92 kinds	punct
91	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 kinds	amod
92	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 “	appos
93	of	of	ADP	_	94 fire	case
94	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 kinds	nmod
95	_	_	PUNCT	_	92 kinds	punct
96	”	"	PUNCT	_	92 kinds	punct
97	to	to	PART	_	99 used	mark
98	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	99 used	aux:pass
99	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	89 “	advcl
100	for	for	ADP	_	102 incense	case
101	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	102 incense	amod
102	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 used	obl
103	—	-	PUNCT	_	108 called	punct
104	(	(	PUNCT	_	108 called	punct
105	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	106 kind	nummod
106	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 called	nsubj:pass
107	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	108 called	aux:pass
108	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	102 incense	acl
109	“	"	PUNCT	_	111 fire	punct
110	literary	literary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 fire	amod
111	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 called	xcomp
112	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 fire	punct
113	”	"	PUNCT	_	111 fire	punct
114	and	and	CCONJ	_	118 fire	cc
115	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	118 fire	det
116	“	"	PUNCT	_	118 fire	punct
117	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	118 fire	amod
118	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 fire	conj
119	”	"	PUNCT	_	111 fire	punct
120	)	)	PUNCT	_	108 called	punct
121	;	;	PUNCT	_	124 rules	punct
122	together	together	ADV	_	124 rules	advmod
123	with	with	ADP	_	124 rules	case
124	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	99 used	parataxis
125	for	for	SCONJ	_	126 pressing	mark
126	pressing	press	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	124 rules	acl
127	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	128 ashes	det
128	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	126 pressing	obj
129	of	of	ADP	_	131 censer	case
130	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	131 censer	det
131	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	128 ashes	nmod
132	into	into	ADP	_	135 designs	case
133	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	135 designs	amod
134	artistic	artistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	135 designs	amod
135	designs	design	NOUN	Number=Plur	126 pressing	obl
136	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	135 designs	acl
137	to	to	PART	_	138 season	mark
138	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	136 corresponding	obj
139	and	and	CCONJ	_	140 occasion	cc
140	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	138 season	conj
141	….	..	PUNCT	_	16 entail	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle						vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	entail	would		the study of a host of documents and treatises			of the mere compilation of materials for a history of mixed incenses; books obl; directions as the best seasons obl; instructions nsubj; different kinds of fire appos	tree rules
3	work	present	such strange				as the Kun and Shū; particularly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as kun=Attribute
4	classify in a quote	gerund	such strange not said here	Manual				vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manual=Theme
5	contain	gerund		the teachings of the Ten Schools of the Art of Mixing Incense				vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot teaching=Theme
6	make	gerund	the best seasons not said here				incense compound	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
7	use	to-infinitive · passive					for burning incense; rules parataxis	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»
8	burn	gerund						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	call speech: assert	present · passive	burning incense not said here	one kind			literary fire and another military fire xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
10	press	gerund	rules not said here	the ashes of a censer	various artistic designs			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme
11	correspond	gerund	various artistic designs not said here			season		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	compile			materials for a history of mixed incenses				nom compilation «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	study			a host of documents and treatises				nom study «act transitive»: of=patient
14	teach			the Ten Schools of the Art of Mixing Incense				nom teaching «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.

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Pragmatics

In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 122