In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 33

When questioned next morning by Yusai, Shinzaburō at first attempted to deny that any women had been visiting the house; but finding this artless policy of no avail, and perceiving that the old man’s purpose was altogether unselfish, he was finally persuaded to acknowledge what had really occurred, and to give his reasons for wishing to keep the matter a secret.

Who acts: women, purpose, man, old man · What happens: question, attempt, deny, visit, find, perceive · To what, where: Shinzaburō, house, artless policy, man, reasons, matter

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (women, purpose, man, old man), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	2 questioned	advmod
2	questioned	question	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 morning	amod
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 questioned	obl:unmarked
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Yusai	case
6	Yusai	Yusai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 questioned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Shinzaburō	punct
8	Shinzaburō	Shinzaburō	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Yusai	conj
9	at	at	SCONJ	_	11 attempted	mark
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 attempted	advmod
11	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 Shinzaburō	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 deny	mark
13	deny	deny	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 attempted	xcomp
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 visiting	mark
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 women	det
16	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 visiting	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 visiting	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 visiting	aux
19	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 deny	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 house	det
21	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 visiting	obj
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 finding	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 finding	cc
24	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 questioned	advcl
25	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 policy	det
26	artless	artless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 policy	amod
27	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 finding	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 avail	case
29	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	30 avail	det
30	avail	avail	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 policy	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 perceiving	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 perceiving	cc
33	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 finding	conj
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 unselfish	mark
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 man	det
36	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 man	amod
37	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 purpose	nmod:poss
38	’s	's	PART	_	37 man	case
39	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 unselfish	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 unselfish	cop
41	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	42 unselfish	advmod
42	unselfish	unselfish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 perceiving	ccomp
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 persuaded	punct
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 persuaded	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 persuaded	aux:pass
46	finally	finally	ADV	_	47 persuaded	advmod
47	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 finding	conj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 acknowledge	mark
49	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 persuaded	xcomp
50	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	53 occurred	obj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 occurred	aux
52	really	really	ADV	_	53 occurred	advmod
53	occurred	occur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	49 acknowledge	ccomp
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 give	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 give	cc
56	to	to	PART	_	57 give	mark
57	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 persuaded	conj
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 reasons	nmod:poss
59	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 give	obj
60	for	for	SCONJ	_	61 wishing	mark
61	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	57 give	advcl
62	to	to	PART	_	63 keep	mark
63	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 wishing	xcomp
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 matter	det
65	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 keep	obj
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 secret	det
67	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 keep	xcomp
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 questioned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	question speech: other	participle			morning	by Yusai and Shinzaburō	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	attempt	participle		Shinzaburō not said here		first property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	deny not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	visit	past · perfect · progressive	any women	the house			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent
5	find	gerund		this artless policy of no avail			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent policy=Topic
6	perceive	gerund					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
7	is	past	the old man's purpose			altogether, unselfish property	tree rules
8	persuade	past · passive		man		finally property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
9	acknowledge	to-infinitive	man not said here				vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	occur	past · perfect	man not said here			what obj	tree rules
11	give	to-infinitive		man's reasons			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
12	wish	gerund					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
13	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive		the matter		a secret xcomp	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme
14	purpose		the old man				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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 4, sentence 33

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 33