In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 49

First of all, I found myself thinking about a delightful revery by M. Anatole France, in which he says that if he had been the Demiurge, he would have put youth at the end of life instead of at the beginning, and would have otherwise so ordered matters that every human being should have three stages of development, somewhat corresponding to those of the lepidoptera.

Who acts: I, myself, M., human · What happens: find, think, say, be, put, have · To what, where: myself, Demiurge, end, ordered matters · Speech: someone speaks here

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, myself, M., human), 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	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 found	advmod
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 First	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 First	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 found	nsubj
6	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 found	obj
8	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 found	xcomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 revery	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 revery	det
11	delightful	delightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 revery	amod
12	revery	revery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thinking	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 M.	case
14	M.	M.	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 revery	nmod
15	Anatole	Anatole	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 M.	flat
16	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 M.	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 says	punct
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 which	case
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 says	obl
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 says	nsubj
21	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 found	parataxis
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 put	mark
23	if	if	SCONJ	_	28 Demiurge	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 Demiurge	nsubj
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 Demiurge	aux
26	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	28 Demiurge	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Demiurge	det
28	Demiurge	Demiurge	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 put	nsubj:pass
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Demiurge	punct
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 put	nsubj
31	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 put	aux
32	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 put	aux
33	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 says	ccomp
34	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 put	obj
35	at	at	ADP	_	37 end	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 end	det
37	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 put	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 life	case
39	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 end	nmod
40	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	44 beginning	case
41	of	of	ADP	_	40 instead	fixed
42	at	at	ADP	_	44 beginning	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 beginning	det
44	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 put	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 have	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 have	cc
47	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 have	aux
48	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 says	ccomp
49	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	48 have	advmod
50	so	so	ADV	_	51 ordered	advmod
51	ordered	ordered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 matters	amod
52	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 have	obj
53	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 have	obj
54	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	55 human	det
55	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 have	nsubj
56	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 have	cop
57	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 have	aux
58	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 matters	acl:relcl
59	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	60 stages	nummod
60	stages	stage	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 have	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 development	case
62	development	development	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 stages	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 corresponding	punct
64	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	65 corresponding	advmod
65	corresponding	correspond	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	48 have	advcl
66	to	to	ADP	_	67 those	case
67	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	65 corresponding	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 lepidoptera	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 lepidoptera	det
70	lepidoptera	lepidoptera	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 those	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	I	myself		first property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund	myself not said here			about a delightful revery by M.	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about revery=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	M.			which obl	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is a a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	M.	the Demiurge			tree rules
5	put	would · perfect · passive		the Demiurge	at the end of life; instead the beginning	M. nsubj; youth obj	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset youth=Goal
6	have	would		ordered matters		otherwise property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient
7	is	should · gerund	every human			ordered matters obj; three stages of development obj; have property	tree rules
8	correspond	gerund				to those of the lepidoptera; somewhat property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 2, sentence 49

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 49