In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 32
First of all, it is required that the person invited to an incense-party shall attend the same in as _odorless_ a condition as possible: a lady, for instance, must not use hair-oil, or put on any dress that has been kept in a perfumed chest-of-drawers.
Who acts: person · What happens: require, invite, attend, not use, put, keep · To what, where: subject, person, same, odorless condition, hair oil, dress
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 (person), 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 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 required | advmod |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 First | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 First | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 required | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 required | aux:pass |
| 7 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 attend | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 person | det |
| 10 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 attend | nsubj |
| 11 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 person | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 party | case |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 party | det |
| 14 | incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 party | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 incense | punct |
| 16 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 invited | obl |
| 17 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 attend | aux |
| 18 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 required | xcomp |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 same | det |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 attend | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 condition | case |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 odorless | mark |
| 23 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 24 odorless | punct |
| 24 | odorless | odorless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 condition | amod |
| 25 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 24 odorless | punct |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 condition | det |
| 27 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 attend | obl |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 29 possible | mark |
| 29 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 condition | advcl |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 lady | punct |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 lady | det |
| 32 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 required | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 instance | punct |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 instance | case |
| 35 | instance | instance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lady | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 use | punct |
| 37 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 use | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 use | advmod |
| 39 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 32 lady | parataxis |
| 40 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 oil | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 hair | punct |
| 42 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 use | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 put | punct |
| 44 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 45 put | cc |
| 45 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 use | conj |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 dress | case |
| 47 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 dress | det |
| 48 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 put | obl |
| 49 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 kept | obj |
| 50 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 kept | aux |
| 51 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 52 kept | aux:pass |
| 52 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 dress | acl:relcl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 chest | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 chest | det |
| 55 | perfumed | perfume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 chest | amod |
| 56 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 kept | obl |
| 57 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 drawers | punct |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 drawers | case |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 of | punct |
| 60 | drawers | drawer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 chest | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 required | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | require | present · passive | subject | a lady and instance parataxis; first property | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | invite | participle | the person not said here | to a incense party | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | attend | shall | the person | the same | a odorless condition | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Goal | |||
| 4 | not use | must | hair oil | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient | |||||
| 5 | put | participle | any dress | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on dress=Destination | |||||
| 6 | keep | present · perfect · passive | any dress | a perfumed chest and drawers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: that=Theme in chest=Location | ||||
| 7 | perfume | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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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