In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 158

He also tells us about that Incense-Paradise of which every believer ought to be reminded by the perfume of earthly incense:—“In the Thirty-Second Vow for the Attainment of the Paradise of Wondrous Incense,” he says, “it is written: ‘_That Paradise is formed of hundreds of thousands of different kinds of incense, and of substances incalculably precious;—the beauty of it incomparably exceeds anything in the heavens or in the sphere of man;—the fragrance of it perfumes all the worlds of the Ten Directions of Space; and all who perceive that odor practise Buddha-deeds.

Who acts: flame, perfume, beauty, fragrance · What happens: tell, remind, say, write, form, exceed · To what, where: us, believer, Paradise, anything, worlds, earthly incense · 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 (flame, perfume, beauty, fragrance), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tells	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	3 tells	advmod
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 tells	iobj
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 Paradise	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 Paradise	det
7	Incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Paradise	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Incense	punct
9	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 reminded	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 believer	det
13	believer	believer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reminded	nsubj:pass
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 reminded	aux
15	to	to	PART	_	17 reminded	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 reminded	aux:pass
17	reminded	remind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Paradise	acl:relcl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 perfume	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 perfume	det
20	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reminded	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 incense	case
22	earthly	earthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 incense	amod
23	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 perfume	nmod
24	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct
25	—	-	PUNCT	_	32 Vow	punct
26	“	"	PUNCT	_	32 Vow	punct
27	In	in	ADP	_	32 Vow	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Vow	det
29	Thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	31 Second	nummod
30	-	-	PUNCT	_	29 Thirty	punct
31	Second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	32 Vow	amod
32	Vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 says	ccomp
33	for	for	ADP	_	35 Attainment	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Attainment	det
35	Attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 Vow	nmod
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 Paradise	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Paradise	det
38	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 Attainment	nmod
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 Incense	case
40	Wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 Incense	amod
41	Incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 Paradise	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 Vow	punct
43	”	"	PUNCT	_	32 Vow	punct
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 says	nsubj
45	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tells	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 written	punct
47	“	"	PUNCT	_	50 written	punct
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 written	nsubj:pass
49	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 written	aux:pass
50	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 says	ccomp
51	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 written	punct
52	‘	'	PUNCT	_	50 written	punct
53	_	_	PUNCT	_	50 written	punct
54	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 Paradise	det
55	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 formed	nsubj
56	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 formed	aux:pass
57	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 written	conj
58	of	of	ADP	_	59 hundreds	case
59	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 formed	obl
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 thousands	case
61	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 hundreds	nmod
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 kinds	case
63	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 kinds	amod
64	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 thousands	nmod
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 incense	case
66	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 kinds	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 precious	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 precious	cc
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 substances	case
70	substances	substance	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 precious	obl
71	incalculably	incalculably	ADV	_	72 precious	advmod
72	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 says	conj
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 exceeds	punct
74	—	-	PUNCT	_	76 beauty	punct
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 beauty	det
76	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 exceeds	nsubj
77	of	of	ADP	_	78 it	case
78	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 beauty	nmod
79	incomparably	incomparably	ADV	_	80 exceeds	advmod
80	exceeds	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tells	conj
81	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	80 exceeds	obj
82	in	in	ADP	_	84 heavens	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 heavens	det
84	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 anything	nmod
85	or	or	CCONJ	_	88 sphere	cc
86	in	in	ADP	_	88 sphere	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 sphere	det
88	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 heavens	conj
89	of	of	ADP	_	90 man	case
90	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 sphere	nmod
91	;	;	PUNCT	_	97 perfumes	punct
92	—	-	PUNCT	_	94 fragrance	punct
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 fragrance	det
94	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 perfumes	nsubj
95	of	of	ADP	_	96 it	case
96	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 fragrance	nmod
97	perfumes	perfume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 exceeds	conj
98	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	100 worlds	det:predet
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 worlds	det
100	worlds	world	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 perfumes	obj
101	of	of	ADP	_	104 Directions	case
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 Directions	det
103	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	104 Directions	nummod
104	Directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	100 worlds	nmod
105	of	of	ADP	_	106 Space	case
106	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	104 Directions	nmod
107	;	;	PUNCT	_	109 all	punct
108	and	and	CCONJ	_	109 all	cc
109	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 tells	ccomp
110	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	111 perceive	nsubj
111	perceive	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	109 all	acl:relcl
112	that	that	SCONJ	_	117 deeds	mark
113	odor	odor	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 practise	compound
114	practise	practise	NOUN	Number=Sing	117 deeds	compound
115	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	Number=Sing	114 practise	appos
116	-	-	PUNCT	_	115 Buddha	punct
117	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	111 perceive	advcl
118	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	flame		us	about that Incense Paradise	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent we=Recipient about paradise=Topic
2	remind speech: other	ought · passive	the perfume of earthly incense	every believer		of that Incense Paradise	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of which=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	flame			the Second Vow for the Attainment of the Paradise of Wondrous Incense ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	write in a quote	present · passive		believer			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	form in a quote	present · passive		that Paradise		of hundreds of thousands of different kinds of incense	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
6	exceed in a quote	present	the beauty of Paradise	anything		in the heavens or the sphere of man; incomparably property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme in heaven=Attribute
7	perfume in a quote	present	the fragrance of Paradise	all worlds of the Ten Directions of Space			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent world=Destination
8	perceive in a quote	present				who nsubj; practise deeds advcl	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	perfume			earthly incense			nom perfume «cognition transitive»: of=patient
10	attain in a quote			the Paradise of Wondrous Incense			nom attainment «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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In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 158