In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 52

They tell us that during its sentient existence, the outer body should be thought of only as a kind of caterpillar, and thereafter as a chrysalis;—and they aver that we lose or gain, according to our behavior as larvæ, the power to develop wings under the mortal wrapping.

Who acts: faiths, sentient existence, we, light · What happens: tell, think, aver, lose, gain, accord · To what, where: us, outer body, wings, mortal wrapping · 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 (faiths, sentient existence, we, light), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	nsubj
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 tell	iobj
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 us	nmod:unmarked
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 existence	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 existence	nmod:poss
7	sentient	sentient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 existence	amod
8	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thought	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 body	det
11	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 body	amod
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 thought	nsubj:pass
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 thought	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 thought	aux:pass
15	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 existence	acl:relcl
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 kind	case
17	only	only	ADV	_	20 kind	advmod
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 kind	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 kind	det
20	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 thought	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 caterpillar	case
22	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 kind	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 thereafter	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 thereafter	cc
25	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
26	as	as	ADP	_	28 chrysalis	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 chrysalis	det
28	chrysalis	chrysalis	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 thereafter	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 tell	punct
30	—	-	PUNCT	_	33 aver	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 aver	cc
32	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 aver	nsubj
33	aver	aver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	parataxis
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 lose	mark
35	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 lose	nsubj
36	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 aver	advcl
37	or	or	CCONJ	_	38 gain	cc
38	gain	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 lose	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 behavior	punct
40	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 behavior	case
41	to	to	ADP	_	40 according	fixed
42	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 behavior	nmod:poss
43	behavior	behavior	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 aver	parataxis
44	as	as	ADP	_	45 larvæ	case
45	larvæ	larvæ	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 behavior	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 power	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 power	det
48	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 behavior	conj
49	to	to	PART	_	50 develop	mark
50	develop	develop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 power	acl
51	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 develop	obj
52	under	under	ADP	_	55 wrapping	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 wrapping	det
54	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 wrapping	amod
55	wrapping	wrapping	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 develop	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	faiths = faith		us		during light's sentient existence	thereafter property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
2	think speech: other	should · passive	light's sentient existence not said here	the outer body				of a kind of caterpillar	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	aver	present	faiths = faith					our behavior as larvæ and the power parataxis	tree rules
4	lose	present	we						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	gain	present	we not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	develop	to-infinitive	faiths = faith not said here	wings		the mortal wrapping			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Product
8	exist		light						nom existence «state intransitive»: 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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/52/

🌲 In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 52

The tree

Pragmatics

In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 52