In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 3, sentence 45
At all events, I saw how she felt towards you; and then I became uneasy,—fearing that her father might come to hear of the matter, and lay the whole blame upon me.
Who acts: I, mistake, father · What happens: see, feel, become, fear, come, hear · To what, where: events, whole blame · 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 (I, mistake, 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 events | case |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 events | det |
| 3 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 saw | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 events | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 felt | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 felt | nsubj |
| 9 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | ccomp |
| 10 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 felt | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 became | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 became | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 became | advmod |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 became | nsubj |
| 16 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 17 | uneasy | uneasy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 became | xcomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fearing | punct |
| 19 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 fearing | punct |
| 20 | fearing | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 became | advcl |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 come | mark |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 father | nmod:poss |
| 23 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 come | nsubj |
| 24 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 come | aux |
| 25 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 fearing | advcl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 hear | mark |
| 27 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 come | xcomp |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 matter | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 matter | det |
| 30 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 hear | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 lay | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 lay | cc |
| 33 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 blame | det |
| 35 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 blame | amod |
| 36 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 lay | obj |
| 37 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 38 me | case |
| 38 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 lay | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | I | all events | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | mistake | towards you | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | become | past | I | then | uneasy property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | fear | gerund | I not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | come | might | mistake's father | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | hear | to-infinitive | mistake's father not said here | of the matter | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of matter=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | lay | infinitive | I not said here | the whole blame | upon me | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blame=Theme upon i=Destination |
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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