In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 185

Then the host, or the person appointed to act as incense-burner, prepares a package of the incense classed as No 1, kindles it in a censer, and passes the censer to the guest occupying the first seat,[5] with the announcement—“This is incense No 1” The guest receives the censer according to the graceful etiquette required in the _kō-kwai_, inhales the perfume, and passes on the vessel to his neighbor, who receives it in like manner and passes it to the third guest, who presents it to the fourth,—and so on.

Who acts: person, host, guest, neighbor, third guest · What happens: appoint, act, prepare, class, kindle, pass · To what, where: host, package, incense, person, censer, first seat · 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 (person, host, guest, neighbor), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 host	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 host	det
3	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prepares	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 appointed	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 appointed	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appointed	nsubj
8	appointed	appoint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 host	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 act	mark
10	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 appointed	xcomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	14 burner	case
12	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 burner	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 incense	punct
14	burner	burner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 act	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 host	punct
16	prepares	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 package	det
18	package	package	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prepares	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 incense	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 incense	det
21	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 package	nmod
22	classed	class	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 incense	acl
23	as	as	ADP	_	25 1	case
24	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	25 1	det
25	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 classed	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 kindles	punct
27	kindles	kindle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 prepares	conj
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 kindles	obj
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 censer	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 censer	det
31	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 kindles	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 passes	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 passes	cc
34	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 prepares	parataxis
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 censer	det
36	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 passes	obj
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 guest	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 guest	det
39	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 passes	obl
40	occupying	occupy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	39 guest	acl
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 seat	det
42	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	43 seat	amod
43	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 occupying	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 5	punct
45	[	[	PUNCT	_	46 5	punct
46	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	39 guest	appos
47	]	]	PUNCT	_	46 5	punct
48	with	with	ADP	_	50 announcement	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 announcement	det
50	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 passes	obl
51	—	-	PUNCT	_	55 incense	punct
52	“	"	PUNCT	_	55 incense	punct
53	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 incense	det
54	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 incense	cop
55	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 passes	parataxis
56	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	57 1	det
57	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	55 incense	nmod
58	”	"	PUNCT	_	57 1	punct
59	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 guest	det
60	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 receives	nsubj
61	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 incense	acl:relcl
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 censer	det
63	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 receives	obj
64	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	68 etiquette	case
65	to	to	ADP	_	64 according	fixed
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 etiquette	det
67	graceful	graceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 etiquette	amod
68	etiquette	etiquette	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 censer	nmod
69	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 etiquette	acl
70	in	in	ADP	_	75 kwai	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 kwai	det
72	_	_	PUNCT	_	75 kwai	punct
73	kō	kō	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 kwai	compound
74	-	-	PUNCT	_	73 kō	punct
75	kwai	kwai	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 required	obl
76	_	_	PUNCT	_	69 required	punct
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 inhales	punct
78	inhales	inhale	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 receives	advcl
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 perfume	det
80	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 inhales	obj
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 passes	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 passes	cc
83	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 prepares	parataxis
84	on	on	ADP	_	86 vessel	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 vessel	det
86	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 passes	obl
87	to	to	ADP	_	89 neighbor	case
88	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	89 neighbor	nmod:poss
89	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 passes	obl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 receives	punct
91	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	92 receives	nsubj
92	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	89 neighbor	acl:relcl
93	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 receives	obj
94	in	in	ADP	_	92 receives	compound:prt
95	like	like	ADP	_	96 manner	case
96	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 receives	obl
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 passes	cc
98	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 passes	conj
99	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	98 passes	obj
100	to	to	ADP	_	103 guest	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	103 guest	det
102	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	103 guest	amod
103	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 passes	obl
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 presents	punct
105	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	106 presents	nsubj
106	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	103 guest	acl:relcl
107	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	106 presents	obj
108	to	to	ADP	_	110 fourth	case
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	110 fourth	det
110	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	106 presents	obl
111	,	,	PUNCT	_	110 fourth	punct
112	—	-	PUNCT	_	115 on	punct
113	and	and	CCONJ	_	115 on	cc
114	so	so	ADV	_	115 on	advmod
115	on	on	ADV	_	16 prepares	advmod
116	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 prepares	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	appoint	past	the person	the host not said here				tree rules
2	act	to-infinitive	the person not said here				as incense burner	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as burner=Attribute
3	prepare	present	the host	a package of the incense				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent package=Patient
4	class	participle		the incense not said here			as no 1 goal	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent as 1=Goal
5	kindle	present	the host not said here	person		a censer		vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient
6	pass	present		the censer			to the guest; with the announcement	tree rules
7	occupy	gerund	the guest not said here	the first seat				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus seat=Experiencer
8	is a in a quote	present		this incense			no 1 nmod	tree rules
9	receive	present	the guest	the censer			accord the graceful etiquette	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent censer=Theme
10	accord	gerund						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
11	require	participle		the graceful etiquette not said here		the kō kwai		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
12	inhale	present	the guest not said here	the perfume				vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perfume=Theme
13	pass	present				the vessel	to host's neighbor	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on vessel=Location
14	receive in	present	host's neighbor	person			like manner	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
15	pass	present		person	the third guest			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to guest=Recipient
16	present	present	the third guest	person	the fourth			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to fourth=Recipient

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 185