In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 50
It was called _Fwan-hwan-hiang_ (by Japanese pronunciation, _Hangon-kō_), or “Spirit-Recalling-Incense;” and it was made in Tso-Chau, or the District of the Ancestors, situated by the Eastern Sea.
What happens: call, make, situate · To what, where: Incense, Tso, Ancestors · 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: 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | aux:pass |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 9 hiang | punct |
| 5 | Fwan | Fwan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hiang | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Fwan | punct |
| 7 | hwan | hwan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hiang | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 hwan | punct |
| 9 | hiang | hiang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | xcomp |
| 10 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 14 pronunciation | punct |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 pronunciation | case |
| 13 | Japanese | Japanese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 pronunciation | amod |
| 14 | pronunciation | pronunciation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 kō | punct |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 19 kō | punct |
| 17 | Hangon | Hangon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 kō | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Hangon | punct |
| 19 | kō | kō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 pronunciation | nmod |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 14 pronunciation | punct |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 14 pronunciation | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Incense | punct |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 Incense | cc |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 Incense | punct |
| 25 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Recalling | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 Spirit | punct |
| 27 | Recalling | recalling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Incense | compound |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 Recalling | punct |
| 29 | Incense | incense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 31 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 made | cc |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 made | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 made | aux:pass |
| 35 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 called | conj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 Tso | case |
| 37 | Tso | Tso | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 made | obl |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 Chau | punct |
| 39 | Chau | Chau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Tso | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 District | punct |
| 41 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 District | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 District | det |
| 43 | District | District | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 made | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Ancestors | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Ancestors | det |
| 46 | Ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 District | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 situated | punct |
| 48 | situated | situate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 Ancestors | acl |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 52 Sea | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Sea | det |
| 51 | Eastern | Eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Sea | compound |
| 52 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 situated | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past · passive | Incense | Recalling Incense obl; Fwan hwan hiang xcomp; Japanese pronunciation Hangon kō parataxis | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | Incense | Tso and Chau | the District of the Ancestors obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||
| 3 | situate | participle | the Ancestors not said here | by the Eastern Sea | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by sea=Destination |
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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