In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 60

The figure upon each toe is said to be a modification of the _manji_;[4] and although I doubt whether this is always the case, I have observed that on some of the large kakémono representing the footprints, the emblem really _is_ the svastikâ,—not a flamelet nor a flower-shape.

Who acts: I, this, some · What happens: say, be, doubt, observe, represent · To what, where: figure, modification, case, footprints · 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 (I, this, some), 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	2 figure	det
2	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj:pass
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 toe	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 toe	det
5	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figure	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux:pass
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	11 modification	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 modification	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 modification	det
11	modification	modification	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	ccomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 manji	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 manji	det
14	_	_	PUNCT	_	15 manji	punct
15	manji	manji	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 modification	nmod
16	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 4	punct
18	[	[	PUNCT	_	19 4	punct
19	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 said	parataxis
20	]	]	PUNCT	_	19 4	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 observed	cc
22	although	although	SCONJ	_	24 doubt	mark
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 doubt	nsubj
24	doubt	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 observed	advcl
25	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	30 case	mark
26	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 case	nsubj
27	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 case	cop
28	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	30 case	advmod
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 case	det
30	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 doubt	ccomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 doubt	punct
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 observed	nsubj
33	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 observed	aux
34	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 4	conj
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	42 representing	mark
36	on	on	ADP	_	37 some	case
37	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	42 representing	nsubj
38	of	of	ADP	_	41 kakémono	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 kakémono	det
40	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 kakémono	amod
41	kakémono	kakémono	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 some	nmod
42	representing	represent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 observed	advcl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 footprints	det
44	footprints	footprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 representing	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 emblem	punct
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 emblem	det
47	emblem	emblem	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 footprints	conj
48	really	really	ADV	_	47 emblem	advmod
49	_	_	PUNCT	_	44 footprints	punct
50	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 _	cop
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	42 representing	punct
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 svastikâ	det
53	svastikâ	svastikâ	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 representing	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 flamelet	punct
55	—	-	PUNCT	_	58 flamelet	punct
56	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	58 flamelet	advmod
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 flamelet	det
58	flamelet	flamelet	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 svastikâ	appos
59	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	63 shape	cc
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 shape	det
61	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 shape	compound
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 flower	punct
63	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 flamelet	conj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		the figure upon each toe	4 parataxis	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	is a	to-infinitive		a modification	of the manji	tree rules
3	doubt	present	I			vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	this	the case	always property	tree rules
5	observe	present · perfect	I			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	represent	gerund	some of the large kakémono	the footprints and the emblem	the svastikâ obj	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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🌲 In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 60

The tree

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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 60