In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 10
After having thanked the young men, and properly expressed his regret for the death of their teacher, he went back to his hut, and there immediately proceeded to test the worth of the book by consulting its pages in regard to his own fortune.
Who acts: man, teacher, book · What happens: thank, express, go back, proceed, test, consult · To what, where: young men, regret, worth, pages, regard
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, teacher, book), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 3 thanked | mark |
| 2 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 thanked | aux |
| 3 | thanked | thank | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 went | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 men | det |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 men | amod |
| 6 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 thanked | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 expressed | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 expressed | cc |
| 9 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 10 expressed | advmod |
| 10 | expressed | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thanked | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 regret | nmod:poss |
| 12 | regret | regret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expressed | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 death | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 death | det |
| 15 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expressed | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 teacher | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 18 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 death | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanked | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 went | nsubj |
| 21 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | back | back | ADV | _ | 21 went | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 hut | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 hut | nmod:poss |
| 25 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 went | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 proceeded | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 proceeded | cc |
| 28 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 30 proceeded | expl |
| 29 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 30 proceeded | advmod |
| 30 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 went | parataxis |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 test | mark |
| 32 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 proceeded | xcomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 worth | det |
| 34 | worth | worth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 test | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 book | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 book | det |
| 37 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 worth | nmod |
| 38 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 39 consulting | mark |
| 39 | consulting | consult | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 test | advcl |
| 40 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 pages | nmod:poss |
| 41 | pages | page | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 consulting | obj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 regard | case |
| 43 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 consulting | obl |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 fortune | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 46 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 fortune | amod |
| 47 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 regard | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | gerund · perfect | man not said here | the young men | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ||||
| 2 | express | past | man not said here | man's regret | for the death of secrets's teacher; properly property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme | |||
| 3 | go back | past | man | to man's hut result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result | ||||
| 4 | proceed | participle | there | immediately property | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | test | to-infinitive | the worth of the book | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Theme | |||||
| 6 | consult | gerund | book's pages | regard to man's own fortune | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Theme | ||||
| 7 | regret | man | nom regret «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | die | secrets's teacher | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | page | book | nom page «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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