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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 84

You may disbelieve in fortune-telling,—intellectually scorn it; but something of inherited superstitious tendency lurks within most of us; and a few strange experiences can so appeal to that inheritance as to induce the most unreasoning hope or fear of the good or bad luck promised you by some diviner.

Who acts: You, few strange experiences, fear · What happens: disbelieve, tell, scorn, inherit, appeal, induce · To what, where: fortune, unreasoning hope, you, good luck · 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: who acts (You, few strange experiences, fear), 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

nsubjauxmarkcompoundpunctadvclpunctpunctadvmodconjobjpunctccconjcaseamodamodcompoundnmodcasenmodcasenmodpunctccdetamodamodnsubjauxadvmodconjcasedetoblmarkmarkadvcldetadvmodamodobjccnsubjcasedetamodccconjnmodacl:relcliobjcasedetoblpunctrootYouPRONmayAUXdisbelieveVERBinSCONJfortuneNOUN-PUNCTtellingVERB,PUNCT—PUNCTintellectuallyADVscornVERBitPRON;PUNCTbutCCONJsomethingPRONofADPinheritedVERBsuperstitiousADJtendencyNOUNlurksNOUNwithinADPmostADJofADPusPRON;PUNCTandCCONJaDETfewADJstrangeADJexperiencesNOUNcanAUXsoADVappealVERBtoADPthatDETinheritanceNOUNasSCONJtoPARTinduceVERBtheDETmostADVunreasoningVERBhopeNOUNorCCONJfearNOUNofADPtheDETgoodADJorCCONJbadADJluckNOUNpromisedVERByouPRONbyADPsomeDETdivinerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 disbelievensubj
2maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin3 disbelieveaux
3disbelievedisbelieveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4ininSCONJ_7 tellingmark
5fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing7 tellingcompound
6--PUNCT_5 fortunepunct
7tellingtellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 disbelieveadvcl
8,,PUNCT_7 tellingpunct
9—-PUNCT_11 scornpunct
10intellectuallyintellectuallyADV_11 scornadvmod
11scornscornVERBVerbForm=Inf3 disbelieveconj
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 scornobj
13;;PUNCT_15 somethingpunct
14butbutCCONJ_15 somethingcc
15somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind3 disbelieveconj
16ofofADP_20 lurkscase
17inheritedinheritVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 lurksamod
18superstitioussuperstitiousADJDegree=Pos20 lurksamod
19tendencytendencyNOUNNumber=Sing20 lurkscompound
20lurkslurkNOUNNumber=Plur15 somethingnmod
21withinwithinADP_22 mostcase
22mostmostADJDegree=Sup20 lurksnmod
23ofofADP_24 uscase
24uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs22 mostnmod
25;;PUNCT_33 appealpunct
26andandCCONJ_33 appealcc
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 experiencesdet
28fewfewADJDegree=Pos30 experiencesamod
29strangestrangeADJDegree=Pos30 experiencesamod
30experiencesexperienceNOUNNumber=Plur33 appealnsubj
31cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin33 appealaux
32sosoADV_33 appealadvmod
33appealappealVERBVerbForm=Inf3 disbelieveconj
34totoADP_36 inheritancecase
35thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem36 inheritancedet
36inheritanceinheritanceNOUNNumber=Sing33 appealobl
37asasSCONJ_39 inducemark
38totoPART_39 inducemark
39induceinduceVERBVerbForm=Inf33 appealadvcl
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 hopedet
41mostmostADVDegree=Sup42 unreasoningadvmod
42unreasoningunreasonVERBVerbForm=Ger43 hopeamod
43hopehopeNOUNNumber=Sing39 induceobj
44ororCCONJ_45 fearcc
45fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing52 promisednsubj
46ofofADP_51 luckcase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 luckdet
48goodgoodADJDegree=Pos51 luckamod
49ororCCONJ_50 badcc
50badbadADJDegree=Pos48 goodconj
51luckluckNOUNNumber=Sing45 fearnmod
52promisedpromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 hopeacl:relcl
53youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs52 promisediobj
54bybyADP_56 divinercase
55somesomeDETPronType=Ind56 divinerdet
56divinerdivinerNOUNNumber=Sing52 promisedobl
57..PUNCT_3 disbelievepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1disbelievemayYousomething of inherited superstitious tendency lurks within most of us conjtree rules
2tell speech: assertgerundYou not said herefortune compoundvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3scorninfinitiveYou not said herefortuneintellectually propertyvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4inheritparticiplevn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5appealcana few strange experiencesto that inheritancevn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to inheritance=Experiencer
6induceto-infinitivea few strange experiences not said herethe unreasoning hopevn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient
7unreasongerundtree rules
8promise speech: promisepastfear of the good luckthe unreasoning hope not said hereyouby some divinervn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme
9fearthe good lucknom fear «feeling 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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