In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 42

Although the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonies was chiefly symbolical, there is good reason to suppose that various beliefs older than Buddhism,—some, perhaps, peculiar to the race; others probably of Chinese or Korean derivation,—began at an early period to influence the popular use of incense in Japan.

Who acts: original signification, good reason, Chinese derivation · What happens: be, suppose, begin, influence, signify, use · To what, where: peculiar, early period, popular use, incense, Buddhist ceremonies

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 (original signification, good reason, Chinese derivation), 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	Although	although	SCONJ	_	12 symbolical	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 signification	det
3	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 signification	amod
4	signification	signification	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 symbolical	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 incense	case
6	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signification	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ceremonies	case
8	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ceremonies	amod
9	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 signification	nmod
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 symbolical	cop
11	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 symbolical	amod
12	symbolical	symbolical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 is	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 symbolical	punct
14	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 is	expl
15	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reason	amod
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 is	nsubj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 suppose	mark
19	suppose	suppose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 reason	acl
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 older	mark
21	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 beliefs	amod
22	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 older	nsubj
23	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 suppose	advcl
24	than	than	ADP	_	25 Buddhism	case
25	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 older	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 some	punct
27	—	-	PUNCT	_	28 some	punct
28	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	32 peculiar	det
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 perhaps	punct
30	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	32 peculiar	advmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 perhaps	punct
32	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 suppose	obj
33	to	to	ADP	_	35 race	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 race	det
35	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 peculiar	nmod
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 derivation	punct
37	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 derivation	nsubj
38	probably	probably	ADV	_	43 derivation	advmod
39	of	of	ADP	_	43 derivation	case
40	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 derivation	amod
41	or	or	CCONJ	_	42 Korean	cc
42	Korean	korean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 Chinese	conj
43	derivation	derivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 is	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 began	punct
45	—	-	PUNCT	_	46 began	punct
46	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 derivation	acl:relcl
47	at	at	ADP	_	50 period	case
48	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 period	det
49	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 period	amod
50	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 began	obl
51	to	to	PART	_	52 influence	mark
52	influence	influence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 began	advcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 use	det
54	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 use	amod
55	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 influence	obj
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 incense	case
57	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 use	nmod
58	in	in	ADP	_	59 Japan	case
59	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 incense	nmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonies			symbolical property	tree rules
2	be	present	good reason		there	Chinese derivation others conj	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	suppose	to-infinitive	good reason not said here	some peculiar		to the race	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent peculiar=Attribute
4	begin	past	Chinese derivation others not said here		a early period		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	influence	to-infinitive	Chinese derivation others not said here	the popular use of incense in Japan			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Patient
6	signify			incense	Buddhist ceremonies		nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place
7	use			incense in Japan			nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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 42

The tree

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 42