In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 10
It is the custom In some families to enter all such records in a book especially made for the purpose, and furnished with an index which enables the _Kō-kwai_ player to refer immediately to any interesting fact belonging to the history of any past game.
Who acts: party, index, interesting fact · What happens: be, enter, make, furnish, enable, refer · To what, where: custom, families, such records, book, Kō kwai
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., 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 (party, index, interesting fact), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 custom | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 custom | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 custom | det |
| 4 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | In | in | ADP | _ | 7 families | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 families | det |
| 7 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 custom | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 enter | mark |
| 9 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 custom | acl |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 records | det |
| 11 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 records | amod |
| 12 | records | record | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 enter | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 book | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 book | det |
| 15 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 records | nmod |
| 16 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 17 made | advmod |
| 17 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 book | acl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 purpose | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 purpose | det |
| 20 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 furnished | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 furnished | cc |
| 23 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 custom | conj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 index | case |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 index | det |
| 26 | index | index | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 furnished | obl |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 enables | nsubj |
| 28 | enables | enable | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 index | acl:relcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 kwai | det |
| 30 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 kwai | punct |
| 31 | Kō | Kō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 kwai | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 Kō | punct |
| 33 | kwai | kwai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 enables | obj |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 35 player | punct |
| 35 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 kwai | appos |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 refer | mark |
| 37 | refer | refer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 player | acl |
| 38 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 37 refer | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 fact | case |
| 40 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 42 fact | det |
| 41 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 fact | amod |
| 42 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 refer | obl |
| 43 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 fact | acl |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 history | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 history | det |
| 46 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 belonging | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 game | case |
| 48 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 50 game | det |
| 49 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 game | amod |
| 50 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 history | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 custom | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | party | the custom | some families | tree rules | |||
| 2 | enter | to-infinitive | all such records | a book | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme record=Destination | ||||
| 3 | make | participle | a book not said here | for the purpose; especially property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for purpose=Asset | ||||
| 4 | furnish | participle | party not said here | with a index | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with index=Theme | ||||
| 5 | enable | present | a index | the Kō kwai | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | refer | to-infinitive | a index not said here | to any interesting fact; immediately property | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to fact=Co-Theme | ||||
| 7 | belong | gerund | any interesting fact not said here | to the history of any past game | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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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