In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 46
The double-page drawing, accompanying this paper, and showing both footprints, has been made after the tracing at Dentsu-In, where the footprints have the full legendary dimension, It will be observed that there are only seven emblems: these are called in Japan the _Shichi-Sō_, or “Seven Appearances.”
Who acts: footprints, seven emblems · What happens: accompany, show, make, have, observe, be · To what, where: paper, footprints, double page drawing, full legendary dimension, drawing, these · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (footprints, seven emblems), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 drawing | det |
| 2 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 drawing | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 double | punct |
| 4 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drawing | compound |
| 5 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 accompanying | punct |
| 7 | accompanying | accompany | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 drawing | conj |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 paper | det |
| 9 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 accompanying | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 showing | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 showing | cc |
| 12 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 drawing | advcl |
| 13 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 footprints | det |
| 14 | footprints | footprint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 showing | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 drawing | punct |
| 16 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 made | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 made | aux:pass |
| 18 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 19 | after | after | ADP | _ | 21 tracing | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 tracing | det |
| 21 | tracing | tracing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 Dentsu | case |
| 23 | Dentsu | Dentsu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 tracing | nmod |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 Dentsu | punct |
| 25 | In | in | SCONJ | _ | 30 have | mark |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 have | punct |
| 27 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 30 have | advmod |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 footprints | det |
| 29 | footprints | footprint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 have | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 made | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 dimension | det |
| 32 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 dimension | amod |
| 33 | legendary | legendary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 dimension | amod |
| 34 | dimension | dimension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 have | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 observed | punct |
| 36 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 observed | aux |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 39 observed | aux:pass |
| 39 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 made | conj |
| 40 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 42 are | mark |
| 41 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 42 are | expl |
| 42 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 observed | ccomp |
| 43 | only | only | ADV | _ | 44 seven | advmod |
| 44 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 45 emblems | nummod |
| 45 | emblems | emblem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 are | nsubj |
| 46 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 49 called | punct |
| 47 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 49 called | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 called | aux:pass |
| 49 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 made | parataxis |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 Japan | case |
| 51 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 called | obl |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Shichi | det |
| 53 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 54 Shichi | punct |
| 54 | Shichi | Shichi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 called | xcomp |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 56 Sō | punct |
| 56 | Sō | Sō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Shichi | conj |
| 57 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 54 Shichi | punct |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 Appearances | punct |
| 59 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 62 Appearances | cc |
| 60 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 62 Appearances | punct |
| 61 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 62 Appearances | nummod |
| 62 | Appearances | appearance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 called | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 called | punct |
| 64 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accompany | gerund | this paper | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show | gerund | both footprints | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent footprint=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | make | present · perfect · passive | the double page drawing | after the tracing at Dentsu | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 4 | have | present | the footprints | the full legendary dimension | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dimension=Patient | ||||
| 5 | observe | future · passive | drawing | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | does | present | seven emblems | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | call | present · passive | these | Japan | Seven Appearances obl; the Shichi and Sō xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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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