In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 5, sentence 24
Nevertheless the jealousy of the wife had been aroused; and she began to chide and to question Tomozō in such a manner that he thought himself obliged to betray the secret, and to explain the terrible dilemma in which he had been placed.
Who acts: wife, Tomozō · What happens: arouse, begin, chide, question, think, oblige · To what, where: jealousy, Tomozō, manner, secret, terrible dilemma
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, Tomozō), 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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 3 jealousy | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 jealousy | det |
| 3 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 aroused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 wife | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wife | det |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jealousy | nmod |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 aroused | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 aroused | aux:pass |
| 9 | aroused | arouse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 began | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 began | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 began | nsubj |
| 13 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 aroused | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 chide | mark |
| 15 | chide | chide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 began | xcomp |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 question | cc |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 question | mark |
| 18 | question | question | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 chide | conj |
| 19 | Tomozō | Tomozō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 question | obj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 manner | case |
| 21 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 manner | det:predet |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 manner | det |
| 23 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 question | obl |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 thought | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 thought | nsubj |
| 26 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 question | advcl |
| 27 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 26 thought | obj |
| 28 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 thought | xcomp |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 betray | mark |
| 30 | betray | betray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 obliged | xcomp |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 secret | det |
| 32 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 betray | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 explain | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 explain | cc |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 explain | mark |
| 36 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 aroused | conj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 dilemma | det |
| 38 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 dilemma | amod |
| 39 | dilemma | dilemma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 explain | obj |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 which | case |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 placed | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 placed | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 placed | aux |
| 44 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 placed | aux:pass |
| 45 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 dilemma | acl:relcl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 aroused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arouse | past · perfect · passive | the jealousy of the wife | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | begin | past | wife | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | chide | to-infinitive | wife not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | question speech: other | to-infinitive | wife not said here | Tomozō | such manner | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomozō=Recipient | |||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | Tomozō | Tomozō | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | oblige | participle | Tomozō not said here | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | |||||
| 7 | betray | to-infinitive | Tomozō not said here | the secret | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | the terrible dilemma | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dilemma=Topic | |||||
| 9 | place | past · perfect · passive | Tomozō | the terrible dilemma | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=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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