In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 96
“When Shaka[2] dwelt in this world, one of his disciples, called Nanda, was bewitched by the beauty of a woman; and Shaka desired to save him from the results of this illusion.
Who acts: Shaka, beauty · What happens: dwell, call, bewitch, desire, save, result · To what, where: one, world, disciples, Shaka, results, illusion · 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 (Shaka, beauty), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 dwelt | punct |
| 2 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 Shaka | advmod |
| 3 | Shaka | Shaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dwelt | nsubj |
| 4 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 5 2 | punct |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Shaka | flat |
| 6 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 3 Shaka | punct |
| 7 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dwelt | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 dwelt | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 disciples | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 disciples | nmod:poss |
| 15 | disciples | disciple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 one | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 called | punct |
| 17 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 disciples | acl |
| 18 | Nanda | Nanda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 called | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 bewitched | punct |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 bewitched | aux:pass |
| 21 | bewitched | bewitch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 dwelt | conj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 beauty | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 beauty | det |
| 24 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bewitched | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 woman | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 woman | det |
| 27 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 beauty | nmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 desired | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 Shaka | cc |
| 30 | Shaka | Shaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 desired | nsubj |
| 31 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dwelt | conj |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 save | mark |
| 33 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 desired | xcomp |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 save | obj |
| 35 | from | from | ADP | _ | 37 results | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 results | det |
| 37 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 save | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 illusion | case |
| 39 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 illusion | det |
| 40 | illusion | illusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 results | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 dwelt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dwell in a quote | past | Shaka | one of Shaka's disciples | this world | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location | |||
| 2 | call in a quote | participle | Shaka's disciples not said here | Nanda xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | bewitch in a quote | past · passive | the beauty of a woman | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | desire in a quote | past | Shaka | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | save not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Shaka not said here | Shaka | the results of this illusion | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from result=Source | |||
| 6 | result in a quote | this illusion | 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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