In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 58

An acolyte stated, in reply to his questions, that the large tomb had been recently erected for the daughter of Iijima Heizayémon, the _hatamoto_ of Ushigomé; and that the small tomb next to it was that of her servant O-Yoné, who had died of grief soon after the young lady’s funeral.

Who acts: hatamoto, servant, lantern · What happens: state, erect, be, die, question · To what, where: acolyte, reply, large tomb

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 (hatamoto, servant, lantern), 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	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 acolyte	det
2	acolyte	acolyte	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acolyte	acl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reply	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 reply	case
6	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stated	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 questions	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 questions	nmod:poss
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reply	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 erected	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 erected	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tomb	det
13	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tomb	amod
14	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 erected	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 erected	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 erected	aux:pass
17	recently	recently	ADV	_	18 erected	advmod
18	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stated	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 daughter	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 daughter	det
21	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 erected	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 Iijima	case
23	Iijima	Iijima	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 daughter	nmod
24	Heizayémon	Heizayémon	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Iijima	flat
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 hatamoto	punct
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 hatamoto	det
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 hatamoto	punct
28	hatamoto	hatamoto	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acolyte	conj
29	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 Ushigomé	punct
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 Ushigomé	case
31	Ushigomé	Ushigomé	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 acolyte	conj
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 that	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 that	cc
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	2 acolyte	dep
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 tomb	det
36	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 tomb	amod
37	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 that	fixed
38	next	next	ADV	_	45 servant	advmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	45 servant	case
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 servant	nsubj
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 servant	cop
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 servant	mark
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 servant	case
44	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 servant	nmod:poss
45	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 tomb	nmod
46	O	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	48 Yoné	case
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 Yoné	punct
48	Yoné	Yoné	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 servant	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 died	punct
50	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 died	nsubj
51	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 died	aux
52	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 servant	acl
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 grief	case
54	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 died	obl
55	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 died	advmod
56	after	after	ADP	_	61 funeral	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 lady	det
58	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 lady	amod
59	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 funeral	nmod:poss
60	’s	's	PART	_	59 lady	case
61	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 died	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acolyte	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	participle		a acolyte and the hatamoto and Ushigomé not said here	reply to lantern's questions			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	erect	past · perfect · passive		the large tomb			for the daughter of Iijima; recently property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for daughter=Beneficiary
3	is	past	hatamoto				to Ushigomé's servant; of Yoné; Ushigomé nmod:poss; next property	tree rules
4	die	past · perfect	Ushigomé's servant			after the young lady's funeral	of grief; soon property	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of grief=Causer
6	question		lantern					nom question «communication transitive»: 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 58

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 58