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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 50

But he could not find anything resembling the little house mentioned by O-Yoné; and none of the people whom he questioned knew of any house in the quarter inhabited by two single women.

Who acts: Shitaya, none · What happens: not find, resemble, mention, question, know, inhabit · To what, where: anything, little house, people, quarter · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Shitaya, none), 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

ccnsubjauxadvmodobjacldetamodobjaclcaseoblpunctconjpunctccnsubjcasedetnmodobjnsubjacl:relclccompcasedetoblcasedetoblaclcasenummodamodoblpunctrootButCCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTfindVERBanythingPRONresemblingVERBtheDETlittleADJhouseNOUNmentionedVERBbyADPOPROPN-PUNCTYonéPROPN;PUNCTandCCONJnonePRONofADPtheDETpeopleNOUNwhomPRONhePRONquestionedVERBknewVERBofADPanyDEThouseNOUNinADPtheDETquarterNOUNinhabitedVERBbyADPtwoNUMsingleADJwomenNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_5 findcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 findnsubj
3couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 findaux
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 findadvmod
5findfindVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind5 findobj
7resemblingresembleVERBVerbForm=Ger6 anythingacl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 housedet
9littlelittleADJDegree=Pos10 houseamod
10househouseNOUNNumber=Sing7 resemblingobj
11mentionedmentionVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 houseacl
12bybyADP_13 Ocase
13OOPROPNNumber=Sing11 mentionedobl
14--PUNCT_15 Yonépunct
15YonéYonéPROPNNumber=Sing13 Oconj
16;;PUNCT_25 knewpunct
17andandCCONJ_25 knewcc
18nonenonePRONPronType=Neg25 knewnsubj
19ofofADP_21 peoplecase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 peopledet
21peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur18 nonenmod
22whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel24 questionedobj
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 questionednsubj
24questionedquestionVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 peopleacl:relcl
25knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 findccomp
26ofofADP_28 housecase
27anyanyDETPronType=Ind28 housedet
28househouseNOUNNumber=Sing25 knewobl
29ininADP_31 quartercase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 quarterdet
31quarterquarterNOUNNumber=Sing25 knewobl
32inhabitedinhabitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass31 quarteracl
33bybyADP_36 womencase
34twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card36 womennummod
35singlesingleADJDegree=Pos36 womenamod
36womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur32 inhabitedobl
37..PUNCT_5 findpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not findcouldShitayaanythingvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent anything=Attribute clause=Theme
2resemblegerundthe little housetree rules
3mention speech: otherparticiplethe little house not said hereby O and Yonévn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4question speech: otherpastShitayathe peoplevn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient
5knowpastnone of the peoplethe quarterof any housevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of house=Stimulus
6inhabitparticiplethe quarter not said hereby two single womentree rules

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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