In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 112

Thereafter waxed and waned the name of Alexander, and the power of Rome and the might of Islam;—nations arose and vanished;—cities grew and were not;—the children of another civilization, vaster than Romes, begirdled the earth with conquest, and founded far-off empires, and came at last to rule in the land of that pilgrim’s birth.

Who acts: nations, cities · What happens: wax, wane, arise, vanish, grow, not be · To what, where: power, name, earth, last, land, Alexander

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 (nations, cities), 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	Thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	2 waxed	advmod
2	waxed	wax	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 waned	cc
4	waned	wane	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waxed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waned	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Alexander	case
8	Alexander	Alexander	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 power	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 power	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 power	det
12	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waxed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Rome	case
14	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 power	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Islam	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Islam	det
17	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 Islam	aux
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Islam	case
19	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Rome	conj
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 arose	punct
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 nations	punct
22	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 arose	nsubj
23	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waxed	parataxis
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 vanished	cc
25	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 arose	conj
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 waxed	punct
27	—	-	PUNCT	_	29 grew	punct
28	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 grew	nsubj
29	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waxed	parataxis
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 were	cc
31	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 grew	conj
32	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	31 were	advmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 vaster	punct
34	—	-	PUNCT	_	36 children	punct
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 children	det
36	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 vaster	nsubj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 civilization	case
38	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	39 civilization	det
39	civilization	civilization	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 children	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 vaster	punct
41	vaster	vast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	29 grew	conj
42	than	than	ADP	_	43 Romes	case
43	Romes	rome	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 vaster	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 begirdled	punct
45	begirdled	begirdl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 grew	conj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 earth	det
47	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 begirdled	obj
48	with	with	ADP	_	49 conquest	case
49	conquest	conquest	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 earth	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 founded	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 founded	cc
52	founded	found	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 grew	conj
53	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	52 founded	advmod
54	-	-	PUNCT	_	53 far	punct
55	off	off	ADP	_	56 empires	case
56	empires	empire	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 far	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 came	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 came	cc
59	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 grew	conj
60	at	at	ADP	_	61 last	case
61	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 came	obl
62	to	to	PART	_	63 rule	mark
63	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 came	advcl
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 land	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 land	det
66	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 rule	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	71 birth	case
68	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	69 pilgrim	det
69	pilgrim	pilgrim	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 birth	nmod:poss
70	’s	's	PART	_	69 pilgrim	case
71	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 land	nmod
72	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waxed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wax	past		the power of Rome and the Islam		thereafter property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wane	past		the name of Alexander			tree rules
3	arise	past	nations				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	vanish	past	nations not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	grow	past	cities				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	not be	past	cities not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	begirdl	past	cities not said here	the earth		with conquest	tree rules
8	found	participle	cities not said here			far property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	come	past	cities not said here		last		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location
10	rule	to-infinitive	cities not said here		the land of that pilgrim's birth		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	name			Alexander			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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🌲 In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 112

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 112