In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 5, sentence 46
Then, turning to the faithless Tomozō, she said:—“Tomozō, I must tell you that Hagiwara Sama now wears upon his body a _mamori_ called by the name of _Kai-On-Nyōrai_, and that so long as he wears it we cannot approach him.
Who acts: lady, Tomozō, Hagiwara, we · What happens: turn, say, tell, wear, call, not approach · To what, where: you, mamori, Tomozō, Kai · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (lady, Tomozō, Hagiwara, we), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 said | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 said | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Tomozō | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tomozō | det |
| 6 | faithless | faithless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Tomozō | amod |
| 7 | Tomozō | Tomozō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 turning | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 turning | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 12 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Tomozō | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Tomozō | punct |
| 14 | Tomozō | Tomozō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 tell | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 I | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 Tomozō | conj |
| 17 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 tell | aux |
| 18 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 tell | iobj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 wears | mark |
| 21 | Hagiwara | Hagiwara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 wears | nsubj |
| 22 | Sama | Sama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Hagiwara | flat |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 wears | advmod |
| 24 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 tell | advcl |
| 25 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 27 body | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 body | nmod:poss |
| 27 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wears | obl |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 mamori | det |
| 29 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 30 mamori | punct |
| 30 | mamori | mamori | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wears | obj |
| 31 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 called | punct |
| 32 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 mamori | acl |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 name | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 name | det |
| 35 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 called | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Kai | case |
| 37 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 36 of | punct |
| 38 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 name | nmod |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 Nyōrai | punct |
| 40 | On | on | ADP | _ | 42 Nyōrai | case |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 On | punct |
| 42 | Nyōrai | Nyōrai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Kai | conj |
| 43 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 called | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 long | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 long | cc |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 48 long | nsubj |
| 47 | so | so | ADV | _ | 48 long | advmod |
| 48 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 tell | advmod |
| 49 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 51 wears | mark |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 wears | nsubj |
| 51 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 long | advcl |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 wears | obj |
| 53 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 approach | nsubj |
| 54 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 56 approach | aux |
| 55 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 56 approach | advmod |
| 56 | approach | approach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 wears | conj |
| 57 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 approach | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | lady not said here | to the faithless Tomozō result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tomozō=Result | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | lady | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert in a quote | must | Tomozō I | you | long property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 4 | wear in a quote | present | Hagiwara | a mamori | now | upon Hagiwara's body | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent mamori=Source | ||
| 5 | call in a quote | participle | a mamori not said here | by the name of Kai and Nyōrai | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | wear in a quote | present | Tomozō | mamori | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not approach in a quote | can | we | Tomozō | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 8 | name in a quote | Kai and Nyōrai | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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