In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2, sentence 221

[76] Not so commonplace a proverb as might appear at first sight; for it refers especially to the Buddhist belief that every kindness shown to us in this life is a return of kindness done to others in a former life, and that every wrong inflicted upon us is the reflex of some injustice which we committed in a previous birth.

Who acts: proverb, sight, kindness, wrong, reflex · What happens: appear, refer, show, be, do, inflict · To what, where: sight, kindness, us, return, former life, reflex

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (proverb, sight, kindness, wrong), 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 76	punct
2	76	76	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 76	punct
4	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 so	advmod
5	so	so	ADV	_	2 76	conj
6	commonplace	commonplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 so	list
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 proverb	det
8	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 commonplace	appos
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 appear	mark
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 appear	aux
11	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 proverb	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 sight	case
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 sight	advmod
14	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 appear	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 refers	punct
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 refers	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 refers	nsubj
18	refers	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 appear	conj
19	especially	especially	ADV	_	23 belief	advmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	23 belief	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 belief	det
22	Buddhist	Buddhist	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 belief	compound
23	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 refers	obl
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 return	mark
25	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	26 kindness	det
26	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 return	nsubj
27	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 kindness	acl
28	to	to	ADP	_	29 us	case
29	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 shown	obl
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 life	case
31	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 life	det
32	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 shown	obl
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 return	cop
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 return	det
35	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 belief	acl
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 kindness	case
37	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 return	nmod
38	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 kindness	acl
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 others	case
40	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 done	obl
41	in	in	ADP	_	44 life	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 life	det
43	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 life	amod
44	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 done	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 wrong	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 wrong	cc
47	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 wrong	nsubj
48	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	49 wrong	det
49	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 reflex	nsubj
50	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 wrong	csubj
51	upon	upon	ADP	_	52 us	case
52	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 inflicted	obl
53	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 reflex	cop
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 reflex	det
55	reflex	reflex	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 refers	parataxis
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 injustice	case
57	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	58 injustice	det
58	injustice	injustice	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 reflex	nmod
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 committed	nsubj
60	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 committed	nsubj
61	committed	commit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 reflex	parataxis
62	in	in	ADP	_	65 birth	case
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 birth	det
64	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 birth	amod
65	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 committed	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 76	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	appear	might	a proverb not said here			sight		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sight=Location
2	refer	present	sight				to the Buddhist belief	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to belief=Co-Theme
3	show	participle		every kindness not said here	us		in this life	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent to we=Recipient in life=Topic
4	is a	present	every kindness	a return			of kindness	tree rules
5	do	participle		kindness not said here		a former life	to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	inflict	participle					upon us	tree rules
7	is a	present	every wrong that	the reflex			of some injustice	tree rules
8	commit	past	the reflex			a previous birth	we nsubj	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in birth=Destination

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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The tree

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In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2, sentence 221