In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 104
—The Fifth Month of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji, all the priests of this temple made and set up this pedestal-stone, bearing the likeness of the footprints of the Buddha, and placed the same within the main court of Dentsu-In, in order that the seed of holy enlightenment might be sown for future time, and for the sake of the advancement of Buddhism.
Who acts: priests, order · What happens: make, set up, bear, place, sow, advance · To what, where: Fifth Month, pedestal stone, likeness, same, order, seed
This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (priests, order), 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 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Month | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Month | det |
| 3 | Fifth | fifth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Month | amod |
| 4 | Month | Month | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Year | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Year | det |
| 7 | Eighteenth | Eighteenth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Year | compound |
| 8 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Meiji | case |
| 10 | Meiji | Meiji | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Year | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Year | punct |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 priests | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 priests | det |
| 14 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 made | nsubj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 temple | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 temple | det |
| 17 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 priests | nmod |
| 18 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 set | cc |
| 20 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 made | conj |
| 21 | up | up | ADP | _ | 20 set | compound:prt |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 stone | det |
| 23 | pedestal | pedestal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 stone | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 pedestal | punct |
| 25 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 set | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 bearing | punct |
| 27 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 set | advcl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 likeness | det |
| 29 | likeness | likeness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 bearing | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 footprints | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 footprints | det |
| 32 | footprints | footprint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 likeness | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Buddha | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Buddha | det |
| 35 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 footprints | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 placed | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 placed | cc |
| 38 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 made | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 same | det |
| 40 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 placed | obj |
| 41 | within | within | ADP | _ | 44 court | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 court | det |
| 43 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 court | amod |
| 44 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 placed | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Dentsu | case |
| 46 | Dentsu | Dentsu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 In | obl |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 In | punct |
| 48 | In | in | ADP | _ | 44 court | acl:relcl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 order | punct |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 order | case |
| 51 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 placed | obl |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 60 sown | mark |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 seed | det |
| 54 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 sown | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 enlightenment | case |
| 56 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 enlightenment | amod |
| 57 | enlightenment | enlightenment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 seed | nmod |
| 58 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 sown | aux |
| 59 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 sown | aux:pass |
| 60 | sown | sow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 order | acl |
| 61 | for | for | ADP | _ | 63 time | case |
| 62 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 time | amod |
| 63 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 sown | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 sake | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 sake | cc |
| 66 | for | for | ADP | _ | 68 sake | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 sake | det |
| 68 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 advancement | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 advancement | det |
| 71 | advancement | advancement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 sake | nmod |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 Buddhism | case |
| 73 | Buddhism | Buddhism | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 advancement | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | all priests of this temple | the Fifth Month | of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji | for the sake of the advancement of Buddhism | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for sake=Asset | ||
| 2 | set up | infinitive | all priests of this temple not said here | this pedestal stone | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient stone=Result | ||||
| 3 | bear | gerund | all priests of this temple not said here | the likeness of the footprints of the Buddha | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent likeness=Patient | ||||
| 4 | place | past | all priests of this temple not said here | the same | order | within the main court | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent same=Theme in order=Destination | ||
| 5 | sow | might · passive | order not said here | the seed of holy enlightenment | time | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||
| 6 | advance | Buddhism | nom advancement «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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