In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 52
Moreover, there is a text in the book called _Hō-Kai-Shidai_ that lends support to this supposition:—“The sole of the foot of the Buddha is flat,—like the base of a toilet-stand….
Who acts: text, Hō, _, sole · What happens: be, call, _, lend · To what, where: book, support, supposition · 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 (text, Hō, _, sole), 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 | Moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 4 is | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Moreover | punct |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 is | expl |
| 4 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 flat | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 text | det |
| 6 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 is | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 book | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 book | det |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 text | nmod |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 book | acl |
| 11 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 _ | punct |
| 12 | Hō | Hō | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 _ | nsubj |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Hō | punct |
| 14 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Hō | flat |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Shidai | punct |
| 16 | Shidai | Shidai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Hō | flat |
| 17 | _ | _ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 called | obl |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 lends | nsubj |
| 19 | lends | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 _ | acl:relcl |
| 20 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lends | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 supposition | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 supposition | det |
| 23 | supposition | supposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lends | obl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 is | punct |
| 25 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 sole | punct |
| 26 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 sole | punct |
| 27 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 sole | det |
| 28 | sole | sole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 flat | nsubj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 foot | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 foot | det |
| 31 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 sole | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Buddha | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Buddha | det |
| 34 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 foot | nmod |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 flat | cop |
| 36 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 base | punct |
| 38 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 base | punct |
| 39 | like | like | ADP | _ | 41 base | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 base | det |
| 41 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 flat | conj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 stand | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 stand | det |
| 44 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 stand | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 toilet | punct |
| 46 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 base | nmod |
| 47 | …. | .. | PUNCT | _ | 36 flat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a text in the book | there | moreover property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | call speech: assert | participle | the book not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | _ | Hō | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | lend | present | _ | support | this supposition | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent support=Theme to supposition=Recipient | |||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | the sole of the foot of the Buddha | the base of a toilet stand conj; flat property | tree rules |
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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