In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 5, sentence 9
And taking O-Tsuyu by the hand, she led her away toward the rear of the dwelling; and there the two disappeared as suddenly as the light disappears when the flame of a lamp is blown out.
Who acts: way, light, lamp · What happens: take, lead away, disappear, blow out, flame · To what, where: O, Tsuyu, rear, flame
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 (way, light, lamp), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 taking | cc |
| 2 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 led | csubj |
| 3 | O | O | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 taking | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Tsuyu | punct |
| 5 | Tsuyu | Tsuyu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 O | conj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hand | det |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 taking | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 taking | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 led | nsubj |
| 11 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 led | obj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 led | advmod |
| 14 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 16 rear | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 rear | det |
| 16 | rear | rear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 led | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 dwelling | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 dwelling | det |
| 19 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 rear | nmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 disappeared | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 disappeared | cc |
| 22 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 disappeared | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 disappeared | det |
| 24 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 disappeared | nummod |
| 25 | disappeared | disappeared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 led | parataxis |
| 26 | as | as | ADV | _ | 27 suddenly | advmod |
| 27 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 31 disappears | advmod |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 disappears | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 light | det |
| 30 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 disappears | nsubj |
| 31 | disappears | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 disappeared | advcl |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 39 blown | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 flame | det |
| 34 | flame | flame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 blown | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 lamp | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 lamp | det |
| 37 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 flame | nmod |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 blown | aux:pass |
| 39 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 disappears | ccomp |
| 40 | out | out | ADP | _ | 39 blown | compound:prt |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | O and Tsuyu | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument o=Destination | ||||
| 2 | lead away | past | way | Tsuyu | the rear of the dwelling | away property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme toward rear=Destination | ||
| 3 | disappear | present | the light | suddenly property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | blow out | present · passive | the flame of a lamp | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | flame | a lamp | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=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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