In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 25
The incense used at a _Kō-kwai_ ranges in value, according to the style of the entertainment, from $2.50 to $30.00 per envelope of 100 wafers—wafers usually not more than one-fourth of an inch in diameter.
What happens: use, accord · To what, where: incense, Kō ranges
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: 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 incense | det |
| 2 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 $ | nsubj |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 incense | acl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 ranges | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ranges | det |
| 6 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 Kō | punct |
| 7 | Kō | Kō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 ranges | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 kwai | punct |
| 9 | kwai | kwai | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 Kō | dep |
| 10 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 Kō | punct |
| 11 | ranges | range | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 used | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 value | case |
| 13 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ranges | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 style | punct |
| 15 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 style | case |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 according | fixed |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 style | det |
| 18 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 incense | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 entertainment | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 entertainment | det |
| 21 | entertainment | entertainment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 style | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 $ | punct |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 $ | case |
| 24 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 25 | 2.50 | 2.50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 $ | nummod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 $ | case |
| 27 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 24 $ | conj |
| 28 | 30.00 | 30.00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 $ | nummod |
| 29 | per | per | ADP | _ | 30 envelope | case |
| 30 | envelope | envelope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 $ | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 wafers | case |
| 32 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 wafers | nummod |
| 33 | wafers | wafer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 envelope | nmod |
| 34 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 wafers | punct |
| 35 | wafers | wafer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 wafers | conj |
| 36 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 38 more | advmod |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 more | advmod |
| 38 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 $ | obj |
| 39 | than | than | ADP | _ | 42 fourth | case |
| 40 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 42 fourth | nummod |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 one | punct |
| 42 | fourth | fourth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 more | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 inch | case |
| 44 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 inch | det |
| 45 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 fourth | nmod |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 diameter | case |
| 47 | diameter | diameter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 inch | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 $ | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | the incense and the style of the entertainment not said here | a Kō ranges in value | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
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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