In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 40

The incense-burner’s desk,—the writing-box, paper-box, tablet-box, etc.,—the various stands or _dai_,—were of the costliest gold-lacquer;—the pincers and other instruments were of gold, curiously worked;—and the censer—whether of precious metal, bronze, or porcelain,—was always a _chef-d’œuvre_, designed by some artist of renown.

Who acts: various · What happens: stand, be, work, design · To what, where: gold, _ d’œuvre _

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 (various), 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	4 burner	det
2	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burner	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 incense	punct
4	burner	burner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	’s	's	PART	_	4 burner	case
6	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burner	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burner	punct
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 box	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 box	det
10	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 writing	punct
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burner	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 box	punct
14	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 box	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 paper	punct
16	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 box	punct
18	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 box	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 tablet	punct
20	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 box	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 etc.	punct
22	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	12 box	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burner	punct
24	—	-	PUNCT	_	27 stands	punct
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 various	det
26	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 stands	nsubj
27	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 burner	parataxis
28	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 dai	cc
29	_	_	PUNCT	_	30 dai	punct
30	dai	dai	X	_	27 stands	conj
31	_	_	PUNCT	_	30 dai	punct
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 burner	punct
33	—	-	PUNCT	_	40 lacquer	punct
34	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 lacquer	cop
35	of	of	ADP	_	40 lacquer	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 lacquer	det
37	costliest	costly	ADJ	Degree=Sup	40 lacquer	amod
38	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 lacquer	compound
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 gold	punct
40	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burner	conj
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 lacquer	punct
42	—	-	PUNCT	_	44 pincers	punct
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 pincers	det
44	pincers	pincer	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 lacquer	appos
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 instruments	cc
46	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 instruments	amod
47	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 pincers	conj
48	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 gold	cop
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 gold	case
50	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pincers	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 worked	punct
52	curiously	curiously	ADV	_	53 worked	advmod
53	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 gold	acl:relcl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 censer	punct
55	—	-	PUNCT	_	58 censer	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 censer	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 censer	det
58	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pincers	conj
59	—	-	PUNCT	_	65 bronze	punct
60	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	65 bronze	mark
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 metal	case
62	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 metal	amod
63	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 bronze	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 metal	punct
65	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pincers	conj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 porcelain	punct
67	or	or	CCONJ	_	68 porcelain	cc
68	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pincers	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 _	punct
70	—	-	PUNCT	_	78 _	punct
71	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 _	cop
72	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	78 _	advmod
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 _	det
74	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 _	amod
75	chef	chef	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 d’œuvre	compound
76	-	-	PUNCT	_	75 chef	punct
77	d’œuvre	d'œuvre	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 _	compound
78	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 pincers	conj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 designed	punct
80	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	78 _	acl
81	by	by	ADP	_	83 artist	case
82	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	83 artist	det
83	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 designed	obl:agent
84	of	of	ADP	_	85 renown	case
85	renown	renown	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 artist	nmod
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 burner	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stand	present	the various			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past			of the costliest gold lacquer; the pincers and other instruments and gold and the censer and bronze of precious metal or porcelain and a _ d’œuvre _ appos	tree rules
3	is	past			of gold	tree rules
4	work	participle		gold not said here	curiously property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	past		a _ d’œuvre _	always property	tree rules
6	design	participle		a _ d’œuvre _ not said here	some artist of renown obl:agent	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: 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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🌲 In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 40

The tree

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 40