--- title: One chapter at least would be required for the subject of the ancien… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: One chapter at least would be required for the subject of the ancient importation of incense-materials from India, China, Annam, Siam, Cambodia, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and various islands of the Malay archipelago,—places all named in rare books about incense. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg8128:1:127 # text = One chapter at least would be required for the subject of the ancient importation of incense-materials from India, China, Annam, Siam, Cambodia, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and various islands of the Malay archipelago,—places all named in rare books about incense. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 nmod _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 importation importation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Annam Annam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Siam Siam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Cambodia Cambodia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Ceylon Ceylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Sumatra Sumatra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Java Java PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Borneo Borneo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Malay Malay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 archipelago archipelago NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 — - PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 53 about about ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | would · passive | | One chapter at least | | | | for the subject of the ancient importation of incense materials from India and China and Annam and Siam and Cambodia and Ceylon and Sumatra and Java and Borneo; various islands of the Malay archipelago *obl* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | | 2 | **name** | participle · passive | | places | | rare books about incense | | all *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **import** | | | incense materials from India and China and Annam and Siam and Cambodia and Ceylon and Sumatra and Java and Borneo | | | | | nom importation «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. - ← previous: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/127/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)