In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 85
The _Sei-Ri-Ron_ says: “Even as the common wheel has its spokes and its hub, so in Buddhism there are many branches of the _Hasshi Shōdo_ (‘Eight-fold Path,’ or eight rules of conduct).”
Who acts: Sei, common wheel, many branches, conduct · What happens: say, have, be, rule · To what, where: spokes, Buddhism · 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 (Sei, common wheel, many branches, conduct), 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 | 3 Sei | det |
| 2 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sei | punct |
| 3 | Sei | Sei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sei | punct |
| 5 | Ri | Ri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Sei | flat |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ron | punct |
| 7 | Ron | Ron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Sei | conj |
| 8 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 12 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 17 has | advmod |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 has | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wheel | det |
| 15 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wheel | amod |
| 16 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 has | nsubj |
| 17 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | ccomp |
| 18 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 spokes | nmod:poss |
| 19 | spokes | spoke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 has | obj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 hub | cc |
| 21 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 hub | nmod:poss |
| 22 | hub | hub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 spokes | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 are | punct |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 are | advmod |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 Buddhism | case |
| 26 | Buddhism | Buddhism | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 are | obl |
| 27 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 28 are | expl |
| 28 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 has | conj |
| 29 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 branches | amod |
| 30 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 are | nsubj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Hasshi | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Hasshi | det |
| 33 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 Hasshi | punct |
| 34 | Hasshi | Hasshi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 branches | nmod |
| 35 | Shōdo | Shōdo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Hasshi | flat |
| 36 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 Hasshi | punct |
| 37 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 42 Path | punct |
| 38 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 42 Path | punct |
| 39 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 fold | nummod |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 Eight | punct |
| 41 | fold | fold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Path | compound |
| 42 | Path | Path | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Hasshi | appos |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Path | punct |
| 44 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 42 Path | punct |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 rules | cc |
| 46 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 rules | nummod |
| 47 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 Path | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 conduct | case |
| 49 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 rules | nmod |
| 50 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 42 Path | punct |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 52 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the Sei and Ron | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | the common wheel | Sei's spokes and Sei's hub | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoke=Patient | ||||
| 3 | does in a quote | present | many branches of the Hasshi | Buddhism; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in buddhism=Location | ||||
| 4 | rule in a quote | conduct | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
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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