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In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 7, sentence 47

Beautiful to the poet’s vision our world may seem,—with its loves, its hopes, its memories, its aspirations; but there is nothing beautiful in the fact that life is fed by continual murder,—that the tenderest affection, the noblest enthusiasm, the purest idealism, must be nourished by the eating of flesh and the drinking of blood.

Who acts: world, nothing, continual murder, eating, flesh · What happens: seem, love, be, feed, nourish, hope · To what, where: tenderest affection, hopes, life, blood

This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (world, nothing, continual murder, eating), 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

amodcasedetnmod:posscaseoblnmod:possnsubjauxpunctpunctmarknmod:possconjpunctnmod:possobjpunctnmod:possconjpunctnmod:possconjpunctccexplconjnsubjamodcasedetoblmarknsubj:passaux:passaclcaseamodoblpunctpunctmarkdetamodoblpunctdetamodconjpunctdetamodconjpunctauxaux:passconjcasedetoblcasenmodccdetconjcasenmodpunctrootBeautifulADJtoADPtheDETpoetNOUN’sPARTvisionNOUNourPRONworldNOUNmayAUXseemVERB,PUNCT—PUNCTwithSCONJitsPRONlovesVERB,PUNCTitsPRONhopesNOUN,PUNCTitsPRONmemoriesNOUN,PUNCTitsPRONaspirationsNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtherePRONisVERBnothingPRONbeautifulADJinADPtheDETfactNOUNthatSCONJlifeNOUNisAUXfedVERBbyADPcontinualADJmurderNOUN,PUNCT—PUNCTthatSCONJtheDETtenderestADJaffectionNOUN,PUNCTtheDETnoblestADJenthusiasmNOUN,PUNCTtheDETpurestADJidealismNOUN,PUNCTmustAUXbeAUXnourishedVERBbyADPtheDETeatingNOUNofADPfleshNOUNandCCONJtheDETdrinkingNOUNofADPbloodNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos10 seemamod
2totoADP_6 visioncase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 poetdet
4poetpoetNOUNNumber=Sing6 visionnmod:poss
5’s'sPART_4 poetcase
6visionvisionNOUNNumber=Sing10 seemobl
7ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 worldnmod:poss
8worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing10 seemnsubj
9maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin10 seemaux
10seemseemVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
11,,PUNCT_10 seempunct
12—-PUNCT_15 lovespunct
13withwithSCONJ_15 lovesmark
14itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 lovesnmod:poss
15lovesloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 seemconj
16,,PUNCT_18 hopespunct
17itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 hopesnmod:poss
18hopeshopeNOUNNumber=Plur15 lovesobj
19,,PUNCT_21 memoriespunct
20itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 memoriesnmod:poss
21memoriesmemoryNOUNNumber=Plur18 hopesconj
22,,PUNCT_24 aspirationspunct
23itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 aspirationsnmod:poss
24aspirationsaspirationNOUNNumber=Plur18 hopesconj
25;;PUNCT_28 ispunct
26butbutCCONJ_28 iscc
27theretherePRONPronType=Dem28 isexpl
28isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 seemconj
29nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg28 isnsubj
30beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos29 nothingamod
31ininADP_33 factcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 factdet
33factfactNOUNNumber=Sing30 beautifulobl
34thatthatSCONJ_37 fedmark
35lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing37 fednsubj:pass
36isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 fedaux:pass
37fedfeedVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 factacl
38bybyADP_40 murdercase
39continualcontinualADJDegree=Pos40 murderamod
40murdermurderNOUNNumber=Sing37 fedobl
41,,PUNCT_28 ispunct
42—-PUNCT_46 affectionpunct
43thatthatSCONJ_46 affectionmark
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 affectiondet
45tenderesttenderADJDegree=Sup46 affectionamod
46affectionaffectionNOUNNumber=Sing10 seemobl
47,,PUNCT_50 enthusiasmpunct
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 enthusiasmdet
49noblestnobleADJDegree=Sup50 enthusiasmamod
50enthusiasmenthusiasmNOUNNumber=Sing46 affectionconj
51,,PUNCT_54 idealismpunct
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 idealismdet
53purestpureADJDegree=Sup54 idealismamod
54idealismidealismNOUNNumber=Sing46 affectionconj
55,,PUNCT_58 nourishedpunct
56mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin58 nourishedaux
57bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf58 nourishedaux:pass
58nourishednourishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 affectionconj
59bybyADP_61 eatingcase
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 eatingdet
61eatingeatingNOUNNumber=Sing58 nourishedobl
62ofofADP_63 fleshcase
63fleshfleshNOUNNumber=Sing61 eatingnmod
64andandCCONJ_66 drinkingcc
65thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art66 drinkingdet
66drinkingdrinkingNOUNNumber=Sing61 eatingconj
67ofofADP_68 bloodcase
68bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing66 drinkingnmod
69..PUNCT_10 seempunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seemmayour worldthe tenderest affection and the noblest enthusiasm and the purest idealismto the poet's visionvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2lovepresentour world not said hereworld's hopes and world's memories and world's aspirationsworld nmod:possvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hope=Stimulus
3bepresentnothingtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4feedpresent · passivecontinual murderlifevn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
5nourishmust · passivethe eating of flesh and the drinking of bloodvn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6hopeworldnom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
7eatfleshnom eating «act intransitive»: of=agent
8drinkbloodnom drinking «act transitive»: of=patient

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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