In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 17
These are not cut out of a single block, but are composed of fragments cemented into the irregular traditional shape, and capped with a heavy slab of Nebukawa granite, on the polished surface of which the design is engraved in lines about one-tenth of an inch in depth.
What happens: not cut out, compose, cement, cap, polish, engrave · To what, where: These, single block, fragments, irregular traditional shape, polished surface, design
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: 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cut | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 cut | advmod |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 block | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 block | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 block | det |
| 8 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 block | amod |
| 9 | block | block | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cut | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 composed | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 composed | cc |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 composed | aux:pass |
| 13 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cut | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 fragments | case |
| 15 | fragments | fragment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 composed | obl |
| 16 | cemented | cement | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 fragments | acl |
| 17 | into | into | ADP | _ | 21 shape | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 shape | det |
| 19 | irregular | irregular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 shape | amod |
| 20 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 shape | amod |
| 21 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cemented | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 capped | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 capped | cc |
| 24 | capped | cap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cut | conj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 slab | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 slab | det |
| 27 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 slab | amod |
| 28 | slab | slab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 capped | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 granite | case |
| 30 | Nebukawa | Nebukawa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 granite | compound |
| 31 | granite | granite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 slab | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 surface | punct |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 surface | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 surface | det |
| 35 | polished | polish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 surface | amod |
| 36 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 capped | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 which | case |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 engraved | obl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 design | det |
| 40 | design | design | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 engraved | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 engraved | aux:pass |
| 42 | engraved | engrave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 surface | acl:relcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 lines | case |
| 44 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 engraved | obl |
| 45 | about | about | ADP | _ | 48 tenth | case |
| 46 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 48 tenth | nummod |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 one | punct |
| 48 | tenth | tenth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 engraved | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 inch | case |
| 50 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 inch | det |
| 51 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 tenth | nmod |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 depth | case |
| 53 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 inch | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cut | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cut out | present · passive | These | a single block | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | compose | present · passive | of fragments | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | cement | participle | fragments not said here | the irregular traditional shape | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | cap | participle | the polished surface | with a heavy slab of Nebukawa granite | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with slab=Theme | ||||
| 5 | polish | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | engrave | present · passive | the design | lines | of the polished surface; about one tenth of a inch in depth | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in line=Destination |
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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