In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 115

Even thus, of old, Milinda the king followed the way to the house of Nagasena,—at first only to question, after the subtle method of the Greeks; yet, later, to accept with noble reverence the nobler method of the Master.

Who acts: king · What happens: follow, question, accept · To what, where: way, house, nobler method

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 (king), 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	Even	even	ADV	_	2 thus	advmod
2	thus	thus	ADV	_	10 followed	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 thus	punct
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Milinda	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Milinda	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 old	punct
7	Milinda	Milinda	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thus	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	nsubj
10	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 question	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 way	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Nagasena	case
17	Nagasena	Nagasena	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 house	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 followed	punct
19	—	-	PUNCT	_	24 question	punct
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 first	case
21	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	24 question	obl
22	only	only	ADV	_	24 question	advmod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 question	mark
24	question	question	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 method	punct
26	after	after	ADP	_	29 method	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 method	det
28	subtle	subtle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 method	amod
29	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 question	parataxis
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 Greeks	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Greeks	det
32	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	29 method	nmod
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 accept	punct
34	yet	yet	ADV	_	36 later	advmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 yet	punct
36	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	39 accept	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 accept	punct
38	to	to	PART	_	39 accept	mark
39	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	24 question	conj
40	with	with	ADP	_	42 reverence	case
41	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 reverence	amod
42	reverence	reverence	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 accept	obl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 method	det
44	nobler	noble	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	45 method	amod
45	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 accept	obj
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 Master	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Master	det
48	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 method	nmod
49	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 question	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	the king	the way	the house of Nagasena		thus property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme to house=Trajectory
2	question speech: other	to-infinitive					the subtle method of the Greeks parataxis	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	accept	to-infinitive		the nobler method of the Master		yet	with noble reverence; late property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Theme

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 115

The tree

Pragmatics

In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 115