In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 35
But when you see the appearance of the Buddha, you must not allow your devout feelings to influence you in any way;—you must not bow down, nor pray, nor utter any such exclamation as, ‘_Even so, Lord!
Who acts: you · What happens: see, not allow, influence, not bow down, pray · To what, where: appearance, devout feelings, you, way
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Story of a Tengu[1]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 allow | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 see | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 allow | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 appearance | det |
| 6 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Buddha | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Buddha | det |
| 9 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 appearance | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 allow | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 allow | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 allow | advmod |
| 14 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 16 | devout | devout | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 feelings | amod |
| 17 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 allow | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 influence | mark |
| 19 | influence | influence | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 allow | advcl |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 influence | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 way | case |
| 22 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 way | det |
| 23 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 influence | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 allow | punct |
| 25 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 bow | punct |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 bow | nsubj |
| 27 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 bow | aux |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 bow | advmod |
| 29 | bow | bow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 allow | parataxis |
| 30 | down | down | ADP | _ | 29 bow | compound:prt |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 pray | punct |
| 32 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 33 pray | cc |
| 33 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 bow | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 exclamation | punct |
| 35 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 39 exclamation | cc |
| 36 | utter | utter | ADP | _ | 39 exclamation | case |
| 37 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 exclamation | det |
| 38 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 exclamation | amod |
| 39 | exclamation | exclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 bow | conj |
| 40 | as | as | ADV | _ | 39 exclamation | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 as | punct |
| 42 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 40 as | punct |
| 43 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 as | punct |
| 44 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 45 so | advmod |
| 45 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 exclamation | advmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Lord | punct |
| 47 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 exclamation | appos |
| 48 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 14 allow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | you | the appearance of the Buddha | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer appearance=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not allow | must | you | your devout feelings | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | influence | to-infinitive | you not said here | you | any way | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | |||
| 4 | not bow down | must | you | any such exclamation conj | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | pray | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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