In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 25
Concerning this Indian original, the following tradition is given in an old Buddhist book:[1]—“In a temple of the province of Makada [_Maghada_] there is a great stone.
Who acts: temple · What happens: concern, follow, give, be · To what, where: Indian original, following tradition, old Buddhist book
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 (temple), 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 | Concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 given | advcl |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 original | det |
| 3 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 original | amod |
| 4 | original | original | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Concerning | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Concerning | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tradition | det |
| 7 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 tradition | amod |
| 8 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 given | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 given | aux:pass |
| 10 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 book | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 book | det |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 book | amod |
| 14 | Buddhist | buddhist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 book | amod |
| 15 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 given | obl |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 1 | punct |
| 17 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 18 1 | punct |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 given | flat |
| 19 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 18 1 | punct |
| 20 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 temple | punct |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 temple | punct |
| 22 | In | in | ADP | _ | 24 temple | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 temple | det |
| 24 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 is | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 province | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 province | det |
| 27 | province | province | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 temple | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Makada | case |
| 29 | Makada | Makada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 province | nmod |
| 30 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 32 Maghada | punct |
| 31 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 Maghada | punct |
| 32 | Maghada | Maghada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 temple | appos |
| 33 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 32 Maghada | punct |
| 34 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 32 Maghada | punct |
| 35 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 36 is | expl |
| 36 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 given | advcl |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 stone | det |
| 38 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 stone | amod |
| 39 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 is | nsubj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | gerund | this Indian original | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus original=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | give | present · passive | the following tradition | a old Buddhist book | 1 flat | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 4 | be in a quote | present | a temple of the province of Makada | there | a great stone nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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