In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 60
It defined, took tints of life, slowly became luminous, and the Emperor recognized the form of his beloved At first the apparition was faint; but it soon became distinct as a living person, and seemed with each moment to grow more beautiful.
Who acts: smoke, Emperor, apparition · What happens: define, take, become, recognize, belov, be · To what, where: tints, form
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 (smoke, Emperor, apparition), 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 | 2 defined | nsubj |
| 2 | defined | define | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 defined | conj |
| 5 | tints | tint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 took | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tints | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 became | punct |
| 9 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 10 became | advmod |
| 10 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 11 | luminous | luminous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 became | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 recognized | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 recognized | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Emperor | det |
| 15 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 recognized | nsubj |
| 16 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 defined | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 form | det |
| 18 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 recognized | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 his | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 form | acl |
| 21 | beloved | belov | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 his | acl |
| 22 | At | at | SCONJ | _ | 27 faint | mark |
| 23 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 27 faint | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 apparition | det |
| 25 | apparition | apparition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 faint | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 faint | cop |
| 27 | faint | faint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 beloved | advcl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 became | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 became | cc |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 became | nsubj |
| 31 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 became | advmod |
| 32 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 defined | conj |
| 33 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 became | xcomp |
| 34 | as | as | ADP | _ | 37 person | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 person | det |
| 36 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 person | amod |
| 37 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 distinct | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 seemed | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 seemed | cc |
| 40 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 defined | parataxis |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 moment | case |
| 42 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 moment | det |
| 43 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 seemed | obl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 grow | mark |
| 45 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 seemed | xcomp |
| 46 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 47 beautiful | advmod |
| 47 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 grow | xcomp |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 defined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | define | past | smoke | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | past | smoke not said here | tints of life | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tint=Theme | ||||
| 3 | become | past | smoke not said here | luminous, slowly property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | recognize | past | the Emperor | the form of form | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | belov | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | is | past | the apparition | faint, first property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | become | past | smoke | distinct, soon property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 8 | seem | past | moment | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 9 | grow | to-infinitive | beautiful property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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