In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 50
In the _Butsu-soku-séki_-tracings, the corresponding figures suggest the “flower-like design” mentioned in the tradition of the Maghada stone; while the symbols in the book-print suggest fire.
Who acts: corresponding figures, symbols · What happens: correspond, suggest, mention · To what, where: like design, tracings, tradition, fire
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 (corresponding figures, symbols), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 11 tracings | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tracings | det |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 Butsu | punct |
| 4 | Butsu | Butsu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 tracings | nsubj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 soku | punct |
| 6 | soku | soku | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 Butsu | dep |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 séki | punct |
| 8 | séki | séki | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 Butsu | dep |
| 9 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 11 tracings | punct |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 tracings | punct |
| 11 | tracings | tracing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 suggest | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tracings | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 figures | det |
| 14 | corresponding | correspond | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 figures | amod |
| 15 | figures | figure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 suggest | nsubj |
| 16 | suggest | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 design | det |
| 18 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 design | punct |
| 19 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 like | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 flower | punct |
| 21 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 design | amod |
| 22 | design | design | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 suggest | obj |
| 23 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 design | punct |
| 24 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 design | acl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 tradition | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 tradition | det |
| 27 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 mentioned | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 stone | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 stone | det |
| 30 | Maghada | Maghada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 stone | compound |
| 31 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 tradition | nmod |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 suggest | punct |
| 33 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 41 suggest | mark |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 symbols | det |
| 35 | symbols | symbol | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 suggest | nsubj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 print | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 print | det |
| 38 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 print | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 book | punct |
| 40 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 symbols | nmod | ||
| 41 | suggest | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 suggest | conj |
| 42 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 suggest | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 suggest | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correspond | gerund | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | suggest speech: suggest | present | the corresponding figures | the like design | the tracings Butsu | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent design=Topic | |||
| 3 | mention speech: other | participle | the like design not said here | the tradition of the Maghada stone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | suggest speech: suggest | present | the symbols in the book print | fire | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fire=Topic |
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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