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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 89

He observed, with good reason, that it had probably saved his life; for it had stopped a bullet of which the dent was plainly visible.

Who acts: image, war, dent · What happens: observe, save, stop, be · To what, where: war, bullet

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 (image, war, dent), 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

nsubjpunctcaseamodoblpunctmarknsubj:passauxadvmodconjnmod:possobjpunctmarknsubjauxconjdetobjcaseobldetnsubjcopadvmodacl:relclpunctrootHePRONobservedVERB,PUNCTwithADPgoodADJreasonNOUN,PUNCTthatSCONJitPRONhadAUXprobablyADVsavedVERBhisPRONlifeNOUN;PUNCTforSCONJitPRONhadAUXstoppedVERBaDETbulletNOUNofADPwhichPRONtheDETdentNOUNwasAUXplainlyADVvisibleADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 observednsubj
2observedobserveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_6 reasonpunct
4withwithADP_6 reasoncase
5goodgoodADJDegree=Pos6 reasonamod
6reasonreasonNOUNNumber=Sing2 observedobl
7,,PUNCT_12 savedpunct
8thatthatSCONJ_12 savedmark
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 savednsubj:pass
10hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 savedaux
11probablyprobablyADV_12 savedadvmod
12savedsaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 observedconj
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 lifenmod:poss
14lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing12 savedobj
15;;PUNCT_19 stoppedpunct
16forforSCONJ_19 stoppedmark
17ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 stoppednsubj
18hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 stoppedaux
19stoppedstopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 observedconj
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 bulletdet
21bulletbulletNOUNNumber=Sing19 stoppedobj
22ofofADP_23 whichcase
23whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel28 visibleobl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 dentdet
25dentdentNOUNNumber=Sing28 visiblensubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 visiblecop
27plainlyplainlyADV_28 visibleadvmod
28visiblevisibleADJDegree=Pos21 bulletacl:relcl
29..PUNCT_2 observedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1observepastimagewith good reasonvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2savepast · perfect · passivewarimage's life obj; probably propertyvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme
3stoppast · perfectwara bulletvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality bullet=Eventuality
4ispastthe dentof a bullet; plainly, visible propertytree 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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