In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 80

His system was the old scholarly one: he used the book known to English readers as the _Yî-King_,—also a set of ebony blocks which could be so arranged as to form any of the Chinese hexagrams;—and he always began his divination with an earnest prayer to the gods.

Who acts: system, teller · What happens: be, use, know, arrange, form, begin · To what, where: old scholarly one, book, set, any, divination

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 (system, teller), 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 system	nmod:poss
2	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
6	scholarly	scholarly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 used	nsubj
10	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 book	det
12	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	obj
13	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 book	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 readers	case
15	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 readers	amod
16	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 known	obl
17	as	as	ADP	_	22 King	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 King	det
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 Yî	punct
20	Yî	Yî	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 King	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 Yî	punct
22	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 known	obl
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
25	—	-	PUNCT	_	28 set	punct
26	also	also	ADV	_	28 set	advmod
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 set	det
28	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	parataxis
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 blocks	case
30	ebony	ebony	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 blocks	amod
31	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 set	nmod
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 arranged	nsubj:pass
33	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 arranged	aux
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 arranged	aux:pass
35	so	so	ADV	_	36 arranged	advmod
36	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 set	parataxis
37	as	as	SCONJ	_	39 form	mark
38	to	to	PART	_	39 form	mark
39	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 arranged	advcl
40	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	39 form	obj
41	of	of	ADP	_	44 hexagrams	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 hexagrams	det
43	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 hexagrams	amod
44	hexagrams	hexagram	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 any	nmod
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
46	—	-	PUNCT	_	50 began	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 began	cc
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 began	nsubj
49	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	50 began	advmod
50	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	conj
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 divination	nmod:poss
52	divination	divination	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 began	obj
53	with	with	ADP	_	56 prayer	case
54	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 prayer	det
55	earnest	earn	ADJ	Degree=Sup	56 prayer	amod
56	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 began	obl
57	to	to	ADP	_	59 gods	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 gods	det
59	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 began	obl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	teller's system	the old scholarly one	a set of ebony blocks parataxis	tree rules
2	use	past	teller	the book		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient
3	know	participle		the book not said here	to English readers; as the Yî King	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as king=Attribute
4	arrange	could · passive		a set of ebony blocks		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
5	form	to-infinitive		any of the Chinese hexagrams		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location any=Theme
6	begin	past	teller	teller's divination	with a earnest prayer; to the gods; always property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent divination=Eventuality with prayer=Subeventuality
7	divine		teller			nom divination «communication transitive»: poss=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 80

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 80