In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 174
In translating _kō-kwai_ as “incense-party,” I use the word “party” in the meaning that it takes in such compounds as “card-party,” “whist-party,” “chess-party”;—for a _kō-kwai_ is a meeting held only with the object of playing a game,—a very curious game.
Who acts: I, it, kwai _, object · What happens: translate, use, take, be, hold, play · To what, where: kō kwai, word, meaning, whist party, such compounds, meeting
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 (I, it, kwai _, object), 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 | In | in | SCONJ | _ | 2 translating | mark |
| 2 | translating | translate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 use | advcl |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 6 kwai | punct |
| 4 | kō | kō | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kwai | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 kō | punct |
| 6 | kwai | kwai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 translating | obj |
| 7 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 6 kwai | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 party | case |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 party | punct |
| 10 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 party | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 incense | punct |
| 12 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 translating | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 translating | punct |
| 14 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 translating | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 use | nsubj |
| 16 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 word | det |
| 18 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 use | obj |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 party | punct |
| 20 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 word | appos |
| 21 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 party | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 meaning | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 meaning | det |
| 24 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 use | obl |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 takes | mark |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 takes | nsubj |
| 27 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 use | advcl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 compounds | case |
| 29 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 compounds | amod |
| 30 | compounds | compound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 takes | obl |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 35 party | case |
| 32 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 party | punct |
| 33 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 party | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 card | punct |
| 35 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 takes | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 party | punct |
| 37 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 takes | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 party | punct |
| 39 | whist | whist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 party | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 whist | punct |
| 41 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 takes | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 party | punct |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 party | punct |
| 44 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 party | punct |
| 45 | chess | chess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 party | compound |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 chess | punct |
| 47 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 party | appos |
| 48 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 party | punct |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 use | punct |
| 50 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 meeting | punct |
| 51 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 60 meeting | mark |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 meeting | det |
| 53 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 60 meeting | punct |
| 54 | kō | kō | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 kwai | compound |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 kō | punct |
| 56 | kwai | kwai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 _ | compound |
| 57 | _ | _ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 meeting | nsubj |
| 58 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 meeting | cop |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 meeting | det |
| 60 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 use | parataxis |
| 61 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 60 meeting | acl |
| 62 | only | only | ADV | _ | 61 held | advmod |
| 63 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 object | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 object | det |
| 65 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 held | obl |
| 66 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 67 playing | mark |
| 67 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 65 object | acl |
| 68 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 69 game | det |
| 69 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 playing | obj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 game | punct |
| 71 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 75 game | punct |
| 72 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 game | det |
| 73 | very | very | ADV | _ | 74 curious | advmod |
| 74 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 game | amod |
| 75 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 meeting | conj |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 use | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | translate | gerund | I not said here | kō kwai | as incense party | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kwai=Patient | |||
| 2 | use | present | I | the word | the meaning | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | |||
| 3 | take | present | it | whist party | such compounds | as card party | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as party=Attribute | ||
| 4 | is a | present | kwai _ | a meeting and a curious game | a curious game conj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | hold | participle | a meeting and a curious game not said here | with the object | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | play | gerund | the object not said here | a game | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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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