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title: Some legends of the great period of incense-luxury should be cited,—… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Some legends of the great period of incense-luxury should be cited,—such as the story of Sué Owari-no-Kami, who built for himself a palace of incense-woods, and set fire to it on the night of his revolt, when the smoke of its burning perfumed the land to a distance of twelve miles…. Who acts: story,
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# In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 121

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Some legends of the great period of incense-luxury should be cited,—such as the story of Sué Owari-no-Kami, who built for himself a palace of incense-woods, and set fire to it on the night of his revolt, when the smoke of its burning perfumed the land to a distance of twelve miles….

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**Who acts:** story, smoke, legend, burning · **What happens:** cite, build, set, perfume, revolt, smoke · **To what, where:** legends, palace, fire, land

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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 (story, smoke, legend, burning), 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:pg8128:1:122
# text = Some legends of the great period of incense-luxury should be cited,—such as the story of Sué Owari-no-Kami, who built for himself a palace of incense-woods, and set fire to it on the night of his revolt, when the smoke of its burning perfumed the land to a distance of twelve miles….
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	cited	cite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Sué	Sué	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	Owari	Owari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	26	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	Kami	Kami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	29	obl	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	set	set	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
41	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	revolt	revolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
51	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	57	advmod	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
57	perfumed	perfume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	65	nummod	_	_
65	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	….	..	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cite** | should · passive |  | some legends of the great period of incense luxury |  |  |  | the story of Sué and no Kami *parataxis* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | past | the story of Sué and no Kami | a palace of incense woods |  |  |  | for legend | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent palace=Product for himself=Asset |
| 3 | **set** | infinitive |  | fire | palace |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result |
| 4 | **perfume** | past | the smoke of smoke's burning | the land |  |  |  | to a distance of twelve miles | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent land=Destination |
| 5 | **revolt** |  | legend |  |  |  |  |  | nom revolt «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **smoke** |  | smoke's burning |  |  |  |  |  | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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