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# In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 116

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I would next treat of the records and legends of the first introduction of Buddhist incense from Korea,—when King Shōmyō of Kudara, in 551 A. D., sent to the island-empire a collection of sutras, an image of the Buddha, and one complete set of furniture for a temple.

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**Who acts:** I · **What happens:** treat, send, introduce, image · **To what, where:** King Shōmyō, island empire, Buddhist incense, Buddha

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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 (I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8128:1:117
# text = I would next treat of the records and legends of the first introduction of Buddhist incense from Korea,—when King Shōmyō of Kudara, in 551 A. D., sent to the island-empire a collection of sutras, an image of the Buddha, and one complete set of furniture for a temple.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	introduction	introduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Korea	Korea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
22	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Shōmyō	Shōmyō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Kudara	Kudara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	551	551	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	list	_	_
29	A.	A.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	D.	D.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
35	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	sutras	sutra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
50	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nummod	_	_
51	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | would | I | King Shōmyō of Kudara |  |  |  | of the records and legends of the first introduction of Buddhist incense from Korea; next *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  | King Shōmyō of Kudara *not said here* |  | the island empire |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to empire=Destination |
| 3 | **introduce** |  |  | Buddhist incense from Korea |  |  |  |  | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **image** |  |  | the Buddha |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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