In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1, sentence 141
[23] From the Buddhist work _Dai-chi-dō-ron_.—The reader will find a similar proverb in Rhys-David’s “_Buddhist Suttas_” (Sacred Books of the East), p. 173,—together with a very curious parable, cited in a footnote, which an Indian commentator gives in explanation.
Who acts: Dai, reader, Indian commentator · What happens: ron, find, cite, give · To what, where: similar proverb, curious parable, footnote, explanation, 23
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dai, reader, Indian commentator), 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 23 | punct |
| 2 | 23 | 23 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 23 | punct |
| 4 | From | from | ADP | _ | 7 work | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 work | det |
| 6 | Buddhist | buddhist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 work | amod |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 23 | nmod |
| 8 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 15 ron | punct |
| 9 | Dai | Dai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 ron | nsubj |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Dai | punct |
| 11 | chi | chi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ron | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 chi | punct |
| 13 | dō | dō | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ron | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 ron | punct |
| 15 | ron | ron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 23 | conj |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 15 ron | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 ron | punct |
| 18 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 find | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 reader | det |
| 20 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 find | nsubj |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 find | aux |
| 22 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 ron | conj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 proverb | det |
| 24 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 proverb | amod |
| 25 | proverb | proverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 find | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 David | case |
| 27 | Rhys | Rhys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 David | compound |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 Rhys | punct |
| 29 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 proverb | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 David | case |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Suttas | punct |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 Suttas | punct |
| 33 | Buddhist | buddhist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 Suttas | amod |
| 34 | Suttas | sutta | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 find | obj |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 Suttas | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 Suttas | punct |
| 37 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 39 Books | punct |
| 38 | Sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Books | amod |
| 39 | Books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 Suttas | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 East | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 East | det |
| 42 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Books | nmod |
| 43 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 39 Books | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 p. | punct |
| 45 | p. | P. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Suttas | nmod |
| 46 | 173 | 173 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 45 p. | flat |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Suttas | punct |
| 48 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 parable | punct |
| 49 | together | together | ADV | _ | 54 parable | advmod |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 parable | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 parable | det |
| 52 | very | very | ADV | _ | 53 curious | advmod |
| 53 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 parable | amod |
| 54 | parable | parable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 find | obl |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 cited | punct |
| 56 | cited | cite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 parable | acl |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 footnote | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 footnote | det |
| 59 | footnote | footnote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 cited | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 gives | punct |
| 61 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 65 gives | obj |
| 62 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 commentator | det |
| 63 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 commentator | amod |
| 64 | commentator | commentator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 gives | nsubj |
| 65 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 footnote | acl:relcl |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 67 explanation | case |
| 67 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 gives | obl |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 23 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ron | Dai | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | find | future | the reader | Rhys David's similar proverb | with a curious parable; Buddhist Suttas p. and Sacred Books of the East obj | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent proverb=Theme sutta=Attribute | |||
| 3 | cite | participle | a curious parable not said here | a footnote | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | give | present | a Indian commentator | a footnote | explanation | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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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