In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 32
I looked, and saw that the antennae, very short and feathery, were so arched back over the two jewel-specks of eyes in the velvety head, as to give the appearance of a really handsome pair of eyebrows.
Who acts: I · What happens: look, see, arch back, give · To what, where: antennae, two jewel specks, appearance
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 (I), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 saw | cc |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | conj |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 arched | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 antennae | det |
| 8 | antennae | antennae | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 arched | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 short | advmod |
| 11 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 antennae | amod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 feathery | cc |
| 13 | feathery | feathery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 short | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 antennae | punct |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 arched | aux:pass |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 arched | advmod |
| 17 | arched | arch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 saw | ccomp |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 arched | advmod |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 24 specks | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 specks | det |
| 21 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 specks | nummod |
| 22 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 specks | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 jewel | punct |
| 24 | specks | speck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 arched | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 eyes | case |
| 26 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 specks | nmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 head | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 head | det |
| 29 | velvety | velvety | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 head | amod |
| 30 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 eyes | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 give | punct |
| 32 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 give | mark |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 give | mark |
| 34 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 arched | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 appearance | det |
| 36 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 give | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 pair | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 pair | det |
| 39 | really | really | ADV | _ | 40 handsome | advmod |
| 40 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 pair | amod |
| 41 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 appearance | nmod |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 eyebrows | case |
| 43 | eyebrows | eyebrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 pair | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | I | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | see | past | I not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | arch back | past · passive | the antennae | the two jewel specks of eyes in the velvety head | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | give | to-infinitive | the appearance of a handsome pair of eyebrows | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=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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