--- title: A bundle of common incense-rods—(they are about as thick as an ordin… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: A bundle of common incense-rods—(they are about as thick as an ordinary pencil-lead, and somewhat longer)—can be bought for a few sen; while a bundle of better quality, presenting to inexperienced eyes only some difference in color, may cost several yen, and be cheap at the price. Who acts: kinds, b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/109/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/) / 109 # In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 109 A bundle of common incense-rods—(they are about as thick as an ordinary pencil-lead, and somewhat longer)—can be bought for a few sen; while a bundle of better quality, presenting to inexperienced eyes only some difference in color, may cost several yen, and be cheap at the price. **Who acts:** kinds, better quality · **What happens:** be, buy, present, cost · **To what, where:** bundle, inexperienced eyes, several yen, price This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (kinds, better quality), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8128:1:110 # text = A bundle of common incense-rods—(they are about as thick as an ordinary pencil-lead, and somewhat longer)—can be bought for a few sen; while a bundle of better quality, presenting to inexperienced eyes only some difference in color, may cost several yen, and be cheap at the price. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 about about ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 — - PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 sen sen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 advcl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 presenting present VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 inexperienced inexperienced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 46 only only ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 54 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 yen yen NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 cop _ _ 59 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 60 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | kinds *= kind* | | | | | as a ordinary pencil lead; about, long, thick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | can · passive | | a bundle of common incense rods | | | | for a few sen | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for sen=Beneficiary | | 3 | **present** | gerund | better quality *not said here* | | inexperienced eyes some difference in color | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to eye=Recipient | | 4 | **cost** | may | | several yen | | | | a bundle of better quality *advcl* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme yen=Value | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | | | | the price | | cheap *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. - ← previous: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)