In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 27

But there is some incense,—never sold,—which is much more precious than _ranjatai_,—incense valued less for its composition than for its history: I mean the incense brought centuries ago from China or from India by the Buddhist missionaries, and presented to princes or to other persons of high rank.

Who acts: incense, I · What happens: be, not sell, value, mean, bring, present · To what, where: China, princes · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (incense, I), 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	_	3 is	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 is	expl
3	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sold	advcl
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 incense	det
5	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 is	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 sold	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 sold	advmod
9	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 precious	punct
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 precious	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 precious	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 precious	cop
14	much	much	ADV	_	15 more	advmod
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 precious	advmod
16	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sold	conj
17	than	than	ADP	_	19 ranjatai	case
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 than	punct
19	ranjatai	ranjatai	X	Foreign=Yes	16 precious	dep
20	_	_	PUNCT	_	19 ranjatai	punct
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ranjatai	punct
22	—	-	PUNCT	_	24 valued	punct
23	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 valued	nsubj
24	valued	value	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sold	conj
25	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	24 valued	advmod
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 composition	case
27	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 composition	nmod:poss
28	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 valued	obl
29	than	than	ADP	_	32 history	case
30	for	for	ADP	_	32 history	case
31	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 history	nmod:poss
32	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 composition	nmod
33	:	:	PUNCT	_	35 mean	punct
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 mean	nsubj
35	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sold	parataxis
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 incense	det
37	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 brought	nsubj
38	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 mean	ccomp
39	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 brought	obj
40	ago	ago	ADV	_	38 brought	advmod
41	from	from	ADP	_	42 China	case
42	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 brought	obl
43	or	or	CCONJ	_	45 India	cc
44	from	from	ADP	_	45 India	case
45	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 China	conj
46	by	by	ADP	_	49 missionaries	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 missionaries	det
48	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 missionaries	amod
49	missionaries	missionary	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 brought	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 presented	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 presented	cc
52	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 mean	conj
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 princes	case
54	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 presented	obl
55	or	or	CCONJ	_	58 persons	cc
56	to	to	ADP	_	58 persons	case
57	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 persons	amod
58	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 princes	conj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 rank	case
60	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 rank	amod
61	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 persons	nmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 sold	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	some incense		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not sell	participle						vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	is	present					which nsubj; precious property	tree rules
4	value	past	incense				for Incense's composition than Incense's history; less property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for composition=Attribute
5	mean	present	I					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	bring	past	the incense		China or India	century	by the Buddhist missionaries; ago property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from china=Initial_Location
7	present	participle	I not said here	princes or other persons of high rank				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient

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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🌲 In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 27

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 27