In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 84

[1] The same book says that the temple of the tradition was a Nichiren temple called Hon-myoji, in the district of Hongo; and that the crest upon the robe was a _kikyō_-flower.

Who acts: same book, temple, Nichiren temple, crest · What happens: say, be, call · To what, where: Nichiren temple, Hon myoji, _ kikyō · 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 (same book, temple, Nichiren temple, crest), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 1	punct
2	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 says	discourse
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 1	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 book	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 book	amod
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 temple	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 temple	det
10	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 temple	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tradition	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tradition	det
13	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 temple	nmod
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 temple	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 temple	det
16	Nichiren	Nichiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 temple	compound
17	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
18	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 temple	acl
19	Hon	Hon	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 myoji	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 Hon	punct
21	myoji	myoji	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 called	xcomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 district	punct
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 district	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 district	det
25	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 temple	parataxis
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 Hongo	case
27	Hongo	Hongo	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 district	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 kikyō	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 kikyō	cc
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 kikyō	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 crest	det
32	crest	crest	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 kikyō	nsubj
33	upon	upon	ADP	_	35 robe	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 robe	det
35	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 crest	nmod
36	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 kikyō	cop
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 kikyō	det
38	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 kikyō	amod
39	kikyō	kikyō	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	42 flower	punct
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	42 flower	punct
42	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 kikyō	conj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the same book		1 discourse	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the temple of the tradition	a Nichiren temple	the district of Hongo parataxis	tree rules
3	call	participle	a Nichiren temple not said here	Hon myoji		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	the crest upon the robe	a _ kikyō and flower	flower conj	tree rules

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 84

The tree

Pragmatics

In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 84