In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 3, sentence 118
“Now as for my mistress,”—she continued, turning towards O-Tsuyu, who had all the while remained demure and silent, half-hiding her face with her sleeve,—“as for my mistress, she actually says that she would not mind being disowned by her father for the time of seven existences,[6] or even being killed by him, for your sake!
Who acts: grateful, O, while, father · What happens: continue, turn, have, remain, hide, say · To what, where: O, face · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grateful, O, while, father), 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 | _ | 6 mistress | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 mistress | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 6 mistress | case |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 as | fixed |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mistress | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mistress | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mistress | punct |
| 9 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 continued | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 continued | nsubj |
| 11 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mistress | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 turning | punct |
| 13 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 continued | advcl |
| 14 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 15 O | case |
| 15 | O | O | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 turning | obl |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Tsuyu | punct |
| 17 | Tsuyu | Tsuyu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 O | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 had | punct |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 had | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 O | acl:relcl |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 while | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 while | det |
| 23 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 remained | nsubj |
| 24 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 had | ccomp |
| 25 | demure | demure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 remained | xcomp |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 silent | cc |
| 27 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 demure | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hiding | punct |
| 29 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 31 hiding | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 half | punct |
| 31 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 demure | conj |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 face | nmod:poss |
| 33 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hiding | obj |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 sleeve | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 sleeve | nmod:poss |
| 36 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 hiding | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 mistress | punct |
| 38 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 mistress | punct |
| 39 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 mistress | punct |
| 40 | as | as | ADV | _ | 43 mistress | advmod |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 mistress | case |
| 42 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 mistress | nmod:poss |
| 43 | mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turning | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 says | punct |
| 45 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 says | nsubj |
| 46 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 47 says | advmod |
| 47 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 continued | conj |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 mind | mark |
| 49 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 mind | nsubj |
| 50 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 mind | aux |
| 51 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 52 mind | advmod |
| 52 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 says | ccomp |
| 53 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 54 disowned | aux:pass |
| 54 | disowned | disown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 mind | xcomp |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 57 father | case |
| 56 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 father | nmod:poss |
| 57 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 disowned | obl |
| 58 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 time | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 time | det |
| 60 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 father | nmod |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 existences | case |
| 62 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 63 existences | nummod |
| 63 | existences | existence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 time | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 6 | punct |
| 65 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 66 6 | punct |
| 66 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 63 existences | appos |
| 67 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 66 6 | punct |
| 68 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 71 killed | cc |
| 69 | even | even | ADV | _ | 71 killed | advmod |
| 70 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 71 killed | aux:pass |
| 71 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 6 | conj |
| 72 | by | by | ADP | _ | 73 him | case |
| 73 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 killed | obl |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 sake | punct |
| 75 | for | for | ADP | _ | 77 sake | case |
| 76 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 sake | nmod:poss |
| 77 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 mind | obl |
| 78 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 mistress | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | past | grateful | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | turn | gerund | grateful not said here | O and Tsuyu | for my mistress | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards o=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | have | past | O and Tsuyu | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | remain | past | all while | demure property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hide | gerund | all while not said here | grateful's face | with grateful's sleeve; half compound | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | |||
| 6 | say speech: express in a quote | present | grateful | actually property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | not mind in a quote | would | grateful | for your sake | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | disown in a quote | gerund · passive | grateful's father for the time of seven existences | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | kill in a quote | gerund · passive | father | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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