In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 59
Consider the result of our celestial domestication for—let us say—several millions of years: I mean the final consequence, to the wishers, of being able to gratify every wish at will.
Who acts: you, us, I · What happens: consider, let, say, mean, be, gratify · To what, where: result, us, several millions, final consequence, wish, celestial domestication · 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 (you, us, 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 | Consider | consider | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 result | det |
| 3 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Consider | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 domestication | case |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 domestication | nmod:poss |
| 6 | celestial | celestial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 domestication | compound |
| 7 | domestication | domestication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 result | nmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 domestication | case |
| 9 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 let | punct |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Consider | conj |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 let | obj |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 let | xcomp |
| 13 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 millions | punct |
| 14 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 millions | amod |
| 15 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 say | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 years | case |
| 17 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 millions | nmod |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 mean | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 mean | nsubj |
| 20 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Consider | parataxis |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 consequence | det |
| 22 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 consequence | amod |
| 23 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 mean | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 wishers | punct |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 wishers | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 wishers | det |
| 27 | wishers | wisher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 consequence | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 able | punct |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 able | case |
| 30 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 able | cop |
| 31 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 mean | conj |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 gratify | mark |
| 33 | gratify | gratify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 able | xcomp |
| 34 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 wish | det |
| 35 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 gratify | obj |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 will | case |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 gratify | advcl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Consider | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | imperative | you not said here | the result of our celestial domestication | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent result=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | us | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | infinitive | us not said here | several millions of years | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent million=Topic | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | I | the final consequence and the wishers | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic | ||||
| 5 | is | gerund | I not said here | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | gratify | to-infinitive | I not said here | every wish | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | result | our celestial domestication | nom result «phenomenon 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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