In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 67
A common form of Shintō written charm (_shugo_) is furnished for this purpose from the temple of the Goddess of Fuji: the text reads:—_Fuji-san chōjō Sengen-gu dai-gyō manzoku_,—meaning that the owner of the boat pledges himself, in case of good-fortune at fishing, to perform great austerities in honor of the divinity whose shrine is upon the summit of Fuji.
Who acts: common form, text, owner, shrine · What happens: write, charm, furnish, read, mean, pledge · To what, where: written charm, temple, Fuji san chōjō, charm, case, great austerities
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 (common form, text, owner, shrine), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 form | det |
| 2 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 form | amod |
| 3 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 charm | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Shintō | case |
| 5 | Shintō | Shintō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 form | nmod |
| 6 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 charm | amod |
| 7 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 furnished | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 shugo | punct |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 10 shugo | punct |
| 10 | shugo | shugo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 charm | appos |
| 11 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 10 shugo | punct |
| 12 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 shugo | punct |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 furnished | aux:pass |
| 14 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 purpose | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 purpose | det |
| 17 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 furnished | obl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 temple | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 temple | det |
| 20 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 furnished | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Goddess | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Goddess | det |
| 23 | Goddess | Goddess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 temple | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Fuji | case |
| 25 | Fuji | Fuji | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Goddess | nmod |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 reads | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 text | det |
| 28 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 reads | nsubj |
| 29 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 furnished | conj |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 reads | punct |
| 31 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 chōjō | punct |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 chōjō | punct |
| 33 | Fuji | Fuji | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 chōjō | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 Fuji | punct |
| 35 | san | san | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 chōjō | amod |
| 36 | chōjō | chōjō | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 reads | obl |
| 37 | Sengen | Sengen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 chōjō | appos |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 Sengen | punct |
| 39 | gu | gu | X | Foreign=Yes | 36 chōjō | appos |
| 40 | dai | dai | X | _ | 39 gu | flat:foreign |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 gu | punct |
| 42 | gyō | gyō | X | Foreign=Yes | 36 chōjō | conj |
| 43 | manzoku | manzoku | X | Foreign=Yes | 42 gyō | flat:foreign |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 42 gyō | punct |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 meaning | punct |
| 46 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 meaning | punct |
| 47 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 reads | advcl |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 54 pledges | mark |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 owner | det |
| 50 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 pledges | nsubj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 boat | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 boat | det |
| 53 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 owner | nmod |
| 54 | pledges | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 meaning | advcl |
| 55 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 54 pledges | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 case | punct |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 case | case |
| 58 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 pledges | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 fortune | case |
| 60 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 fortune | amod |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 good | punct |
| 62 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 case | nmod |
| 63 | at | at | ADP | _ | 64 fishing | case |
| 64 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 fortune | nmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 perform | punct |
| 66 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 perform | mark |
| 67 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 meaning | advcl |
| 68 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 austerities | amod |
| 69 | austerities | austerity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 perform | obj |
| 70 | in | in | ADP | _ | 71 honor | case |
| 71 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 perform | obl |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 divinity | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 divinity | det |
| 74 | divinity | divinity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 honor | nmod |
| 75 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 76 shrine | nmod:poss |
| 76 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 summit | nsubj |
| 77 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 80 summit | cop |
| 78 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 80 summit | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 summit | det |
| 80 | summit | summit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 divinity | acl:relcl |
| 81 | of | of | ADP | _ | 82 Fuji | case |
| 82 | Fuji | Fuji | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 summit | nmod |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 furnished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | charm | a common form of Shintō | shugo appos | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | furnish | present · passive | written charm | the temple of the Goddess of Fuji | for this purpose | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for purpose=Recipient | |||
| 4 | read | present | the text | Fuji san chōjō | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | mean | gerund | the text not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | pledge | present | the owner of the boat | charm | case of good fortune at fishing | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||
| 7 | perform | to-infinitive | the text not said here | great austerities | honor of the divinity | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent austerity=Theme | |||
| 8 | is | present | the summit's shrine | upon the summit; of Fuji | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | form | Shintō | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | honor | the divinity | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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