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title: Then something would have to be said about those classifications of… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Then something would have to be said about those classifications of incense which were made during the tenth century, in the periods of Engi and of Tenryaku,—and about the report of the ancient state-councillor, Kimitaka-Sangi, who visited China in the latter part of the thirteenth century, and tran
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# In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 117

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Then something would have to be said about those classifications of incense which were made during the tenth century, in the periods of Engi and of Tenryaku,—and about the report of the ancient state-councillor, Kimitaka-Sangi, who visited China in the latter part of the thirteenth century, and transmitted to the Emperor Yomei the wisdom of the Chinese concerning incense.

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**Who acts:** something, ancient state councillor, report · **What happens:** have, say, make, visit, transmit, classify · **To what, where:** incense, periods, China, latter part, wisdom, Emperor Yomei · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (something, ancient state councillor, report), 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:pg8128:1:118
# text = Then something would have to be said about those classifications of incense which were made during the tenth century, in the periods of Engi and of Tenryaku,—and about the report of the ancient state-councillor, Kimitaka-Sangi, who visited China in the latter part of the thirteenth century, and transmitted to the Emperor Yomei the wisdom of the Chinese concerning incense.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	classifications	classification	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	during	during	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	tenth	tenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	periods	period	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Engi	Engi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Tenryaku	Tenryaku	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	about	about	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
37	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
38	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	councillor	councillor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	Kimitaka	Kimitaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	Sangi	Sangi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	parataxis	_	_
48	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	thirteenth	thirteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	acl	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	Yomei	Yomei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
68	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
69	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | something |  |  |  | then | the report of the ancient state councillor *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about that classifications of incense | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive |  | incense |  | the periods of Engi and Tenryaku | century |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **visit** | past | the ancient state councillor | China |  | the latter part of the thirteenth century |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent china=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **transmit** | participle | the report of the ancient state councillor *not said here* | the wisdom of the Chinese concerning incense | the Emperor Yomei |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme to yomei=Destination |
| 6 | **classify** |  |  | incense |  |  |  |  | nom classification «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **report** |  |  | the ancient state councillor |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication 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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