In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 86

But even in the highest and most immaterial zones of being,—in the Heavens of Formlessness,—the cessation of effort and of the pain of effort, involves the penalty of rebirth in a lower state of existence.

Who acts: highest immaterial zones · What happens: be, involve, cease, pain · To what, where: penalty, lower state, effort

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 (highest immaterial zones), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 zones	cc
2	even	even	ADV	_	9 zones	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	9 zones	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 zones	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 zones	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 zones	cc
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 immaterial	advmod
8	immaterial	immaterial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 zones	amod
9	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 involves	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	16 Heavens	case
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 Heavens	cop
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Heavens	punct
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 Heavens	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 Heavens	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Heavens	det
16	Heavens	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 zones	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Formlessness	case
18	Formlessness	formlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Heavens	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 zones	punct
20	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 cessation	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cessation	det
22	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 involves	nsubj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 effort	case
24	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cessation	nmod
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 pain	cc
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 pain	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 pain	det
28	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 effort	conj
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 effort	case
30	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 pain	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 involves	punct
32	involves	involve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 penalty	det
34	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 involves	obj
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 rebirth	case
36	rebirth	rebirth	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 penalty	nmod
37	in	in	ADP	_	40 state	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 state	det
39	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	40 state	amod
40	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 involves	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 existence	case
42	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 state	nmod
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	32 involves	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			of the Heavens; of Formlessness	tree rules
2	involve	present	the highest immaterial zones	the penalty of rebirth	in a lower state of existence goal; the cessation of effort and the pain of effort nsubj	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme in state=Goal
3	cease			effort and the pain of effort		nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient
4	pain			effort		nom pain «state 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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🌲 In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 86

The tree

Pragmatics

In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 86