In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 180
Thus four packages are prepared of the incense classed as No. 1, four of incense No. 2, and four of incense No. 3,—or twelve in all.
What happens: prepare, class · To what, where: four packages, incense
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: 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 5 prepared | advmod |
| 2 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 packages | nummod |
| 3 | packages | package | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 prepared | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prepared | aux:pass |
| 5 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 incense | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 incense | det |
| 8 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prepared | obl |
| 9 | classed | class | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 incense | acl |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 No. | case |
| 11 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 9 classed | obl |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 No. | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 four | punct |
| 14 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 incense | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 No. | case |
| 16 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 No. | compound |
| 17 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 14 four | nmod |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 No. | flat |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 four | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 four | cc |
| 21 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 prepared | parataxis |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 No. | case |
| 23 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 No. | compound |
| 24 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 21 four | nmod |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 No. | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 twelve | punct |
| 27 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 twelve | punct |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 twelve | cc |
| 29 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 four | conj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 all | case |
| 31 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 twelve | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 prepared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | present · passive | four packages | of the incense; four of incense No. parataxis; thus property | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | class | participle | the incense not said here | as No. goal | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent as no.=Goal |
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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