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In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu[1], sentence 77

There is plenty of fun in helping at such work; and if you are a stranger, the fisher-folk will perhaps reward your pains by showing you the wonders of their sea: crabs with legs of astonishing length, balloon-fish that blow themselves up in the most absurd manner, and various other creatures of shapes so extraordinary that you can scarcely believe them natural without touching them.

Who acts: plenty, fun, you, fisher folk, legs, balloon fish · What happens: be, help, reward, show, astonish, blow up · To what, where: such work, stranger, pains, wonders, you, length

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 (plenty, fun, you, fisher folk), 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

explnsubjcasenmodmarkaclcaseamodoblpunctccmarknsubjcopdetadvclpunctdetcompoundpunctnsubjauxadvmodparataxisnmod:possobjmarkadvcliobjdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctconjcasenmodmarkaclobjpunctcompoundpunctconjnsubjacl:relclobjcompound:prtcasedetadvmodamodoblpunctccamodamodconjcasenmodadvmodacl:relclmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclobjxcompmarkadvclobjpunctrootTherePRONisVERBplentyNOUNofADPfunNOUNinSCONJhelpingVERBatADPsuchADJworkNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJifSCONJyouPRONareAUXaDETstrangerNOUN,PUNCTtheDETfisherNOUN-PUNCTfolkNOUNwillAUXperhapsADVrewardVERByourPRONpainsNOUNbySCONJshowingVERByouPRONtheDETwondersNOUNofADPtheirPRONseaNOUN:PUNCTcrabsNOUNwithADPlegsNOUNofSCONJastonishingVERBlengthNOUN,PUNCTballoonNOUN-PUNCTfishNOUNthatPRONblowVERBthemselvesPRONupADPinADPtheDETmostADVabsurdADJmannerNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJvariousADJotherADJcreaturesNOUNofADPshapesNOUNsoADVextraordinaryADJthatSCONJyouPRONcanAUXscarcelyADVbelieveVERBthemPRONnaturalADJwithoutSCONJtouchingVERBthemPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3plentyplentyNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
4ofofADP_5 funcase
5funfunNOUNNumber=Sing3 plentynmod
6ininSCONJ_7 helpingmark
7helpinghelpVERBVerbForm=Ger5 funacl
8atatADP_10 workcase
9suchsuchADJDegree=Pos10 workamod
10workworkNOUNNumber=Sing7 helpingobl
11;;PUNCT_25 rewardpunct
12andandCCONJ_25 rewardcc
13ififSCONJ_17 strangermark
14youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs17 strangernsubj
15arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 strangercop
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 strangerdet
17strangerstrangerNOUNNumber=Sing25 rewardadvcl
18,,PUNCT_17 strangerpunct
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 folkdet
20fisherfisherNOUNNumber=Sing22 folkcompound
21--PUNCT_20 fisherpunct
22folkfolkNOUNNumber=Sing25 rewardnsubj
23willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin25 rewardaux
24perhapsperhapsADV_25 rewardadvmod
25rewardrewardVERBVerbForm=Inf2 isparataxis
26youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 painsnmod:poss
27painspainNOUNNumber=Plur25 rewardobj
28bybySCONJ_29 showingmark
29showingshowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 rewardadvcl
30youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs29 showingiobj
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 wondersdet
32wonderswonderNOUNNumber=Plur29 showingobj
33ofofADP_35 seacase
34theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 seanmod:poss
35seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing32 wondersnmod
36::PUNCT_37 crabspunct
37crabscrabNOUNNumber=Plur32 wondersconj
38withwithADP_39 legscase
39legslegNOUNNumber=Plur37 crabsnmod
40ofofSCONJ_41 astonishingmark
41astonishingastonishVERBVerbForm=Ger39 legsacl
42lengthlengthNOUNNumber=Sing41 astonishingobj
43,,PUNCT_46 fishpunct
44balloonballoonNOUNNumber=Sing46 fishcompound
45--PUNCT_44 balloonpunct
46fishfishNOUNNumber=Plur42 lengthconj
47thatthatPRONPronType=Rel48 blownsubj
48blowblowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin46 fishacl:relcl
49themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes48 blowobj
50upupADP_48 blowcompound:prt
51ininADP_55 mannercase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 mannerdet
53mostmostADVDegree=Sup54 absurdadvmod
54absurdabsurdADJDegree=Pos55 manneramod
55mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing48 blowobl
56,,PUNCT_60 creaturespunct
57andandCCONJ_60 creaturescc
58variousvariousADJDegree=Pos60 creaturesamod
59otherotherADJDegree=Pos60 creaturesamod
60creaturescreatureNOUNNumber=Plur37 crabsconj
61ofofADP_62 shapescase
62shapesshapeNOUNNumber=Plur60 creaturesnmod
63sosoADV_64 extraordinaryadvmod
64extraordinaryextraordinaryADJDegree=Pos60 creaturesacl:relcl
65thatthatSCONJ_69 believemark
66youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs69 believensubj
67cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin69 believeaux
68scarcelyscarcelyADV_69 believeadvmod
69believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Inf64 extraordinaryadvcl
70themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs69 believeobj
71naturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos69 believexcomp
72withoutwithoutSCONJ_73 touchingmark
73touchingtouchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part71 naturaladvcl
74themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs73 touchingobj
75..PUNCT_2 ispunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresentplenty of funtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2helpgerundfun not said heresuch workvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3is a a condition, not said to happenpresentyoua strangertree rules
4rewardfuturethe fisher folkyour painsperhaps propertyvn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pain=Recipient
5showgerundthe fisher folk not said herethe wonders of wonders's sea and crabs with legs and various other creatures of shapesyouvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wonder=Topic
6astonishgerundlegs not said herelength and balloon fishvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus length=Experiencer
7blow uppresentballoon fishlengthin the absurd mannervn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in manner=Topic
8believecanyoulengthnatural, scarcely propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
9touchgerundyou not said herelengthvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme
10painyournom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent
11wonderwonders's seanom wonder «feeling 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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