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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 79

As a fortune-teller he was tolerably successful,—chiefly, I think, because of his perfect sincerity, and because of a peculiar gentle manner that invited confidence.

Who acts: teller, I, peculiar gentle manner · What happens: be, think, invite · To what, where: confidence

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 (teller, I, peculiar gentle manner), 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

casedetcompoundpunctoblnsubjcopadvmodpunctpunctadvmodpunctnsubjconjpunctcasefixednmod:possamodccomppunctccmarkfixeddetcompoundamodconjnsubjacl:relclobjpunctrootAsADPaDETfortuneNOUN-PUNCTtellerNOUNhePRONwasAUXtolerablyADVsuccessfulADJ,PUNCT—PUNCTchieflyADV,PUNCTIPRONthinkVERB,PUNCTbecauseADPofADPhisPRONperfectADJsincerityNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbecauseSCONJofADPaDETpeculiarNOUNgentleADJmannerNOUNthatPRONinvitedVERBconfidenceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_5 tellercase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 tellerdet
3fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing5 tellercompound
4--PUNCT_3 fortunepunct
5tellertellerNOUNNumber=Sing9 successfulobl
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 successfulnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 successfulcop
8tolerablytolerablyADV_9 successfuladvmod
9successfulsuccessfulADJDegree=Posrootroot
10,,PUNCT_12 chieflypunct
11—-PUNCT_12 chieflypunct
12chieflychieflyADV_9 successfuladvmod
13,,PUNCT_15 thinkpunct
14IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs15 thinknsubj
15thinkthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 successfulconj
16,,PUNCT_21 sinceritypunct
17becausebecauseADPExtPos=ADP21 sinceritycase
18ofofADP_17 becausefixed
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 sinceritynmod:poss
20perfectperfectADJDegree=Pos21 sincerityamod
21sinceritysincerityNOUNNumber=Sing15 thinkccomp
22,,PUNCT_29 mannerpunct
23andandCCONJ_29 mannercc
24becausebecauseSCONJ_29 mannermark
25ofofADP_24 becausefixed
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 mannerdet
27peculiarpeculiarNOUNNumber=Sing29 mannercompound
28gentlegentleADJDegree=Pos29 manneramod
29mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing9 successfulconj
30thatthatPRONPronType=Rel31 invitednsubj
31invitedinviteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 manneracl:relcl
32confidenceconfidenceNOUNNumber=Sing31 invitedobj
33..PUNCT_9 successfulpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispasttelleras a fortune teller; a peculiar gentle manner conj; chiefly, successful, tolerably propertytree rules
2think speech: otherpresentIteller's perfect sincerity ccompvn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3invitepasta peculiar gentle mannerconfidencevn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Recipient

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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