In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 164

Probably you have heard of the Japanese tea-ceremonies, and their curious Buddhist history; and I suppose that every foreign collector of Japanese _bric-à-brac_ knows something about the luxury to which these ceremonies at one period attained,—a luxury well attested by the quality of the beautiful utensils formerly employed in them.

Who acts: you, I, collector brac _, ceremonies, quality · What happens: hear, suppose, know, attain, attest, employ · To what, where: something, luxury · 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 (you, I, collector brac _, ceremonies), 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	Probably	probably	ADV	_	4 heard	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 ceremonies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ceremonies	det
7	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ceremonies	amod
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ceremonies	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 tea	punct
10	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heard	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 history	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 history	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 history	nmod:poss
14	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 history	amod
15	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 history	amod
16	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ceremonies	conj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 suppose	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 suppose	cc
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 suppose	nsubj
20	suppose	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	parataxis
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 collector	mark
22	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	24 collector	det
23	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 collector	amod
24	collector	collector	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 _	compound
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 bric	case
26	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 bric	amod
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 Japanese	punct
28	bric	bric	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 collector	nmod
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 bric	punct
30	à	à	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 bric	conj
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 à	punct
32	brac	brac	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 _	compound
33	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 knows	nsubj
34	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 suppose	ccomp
35	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	34 knows	obj
36	about	about	ADP	_	38 luxury	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 luxury	det
38	luxury	luxury	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 something	nmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 which	case
40	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 attained	obl
41	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	42 ceremonies	det
42	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 attained	nsubj
43	at	at	ADP	_	45 period	case
44	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 period	nummod
45	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 ceremonies	nmod
46	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 luxury	acl:relcl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 attested	punct
48	—	-	PUNCT	_	52 attested	punct
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 luxury	det
50	luxury	luxury	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 attested	nsubj:pass
51	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 attested	advmod
52	attested	attest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 suppose	conj
53	by	by	ADP	_	55 quality	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 quality	det
55	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 attested	obl
56	of	of	ADP	_	59 utensils	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 utensils	det
58	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 utensils	amod
59	utensils	utensil	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 quality	nmod
60	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	61 employed	advmod
61	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 attested	advcl
62	in	in	ADP	_	63 them	case
63	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 employed	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	present · perfect	you		of the Japanese tea ceremonies and ceremonies's curious Buddhist history; probably property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of ceremony=Stimulus
2	suppose	present	I			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	know	present	collector brac _	something	about the luxury	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
4	attain	participle	this ceremonies at one period		to the luxury	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	attest	participle · passive	the quality of the beautiful utensils	a luxury	well property	tree rules
6	employ	past	the quality of the beautiful utensils not said here		in ceremonies = ceremony; formerly property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 164