--- title: And a final chapter should treat of the romantic literature of incen… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: And a final chapter should treat of the romantic literature of incense,—the poems, stories, and dramas in which incense-rites are mentioned; and especially those love-songs comparing the body to incense, and passion to the eating flame:— Who acts: final chapter, love songs. A sentence of «In Ghostly --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/127/) [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/) / 127 # In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 127 And a final chapter should treat of the romantic literature of incense,—the poems, stories, and dramas in which incense-rites are mentioned; and especially those love-songs comparing the body to incense, and passion to the eating flame:— **Who acts:** final chapter, love songs · **What happens:** treat, mention, compare, incense · **To what, where:** poems, incense rites, body 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 (final chapter, love songs), 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:pg8128:1:128 # text = And a final chapter should treat of the romantic literature of incense,—the poems, stories, and dramas in which incense-rites are mentioned; and especially those love-songs comparing the body to incense, and passion to the eating flame:— 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 romantic romantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 dramas drama NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 26 det _ _ 24 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 especially especially ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 33 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 36 comparing compare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 incense incense VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 eating eating NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **treat** | should | a final chapter | the poems and stories and dramas | | | | of the romantic literature of incense; that love songs passion to the eating flame *conj* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | | which incense rites | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **compare** | gerund | that love songs passion to the eating flame *not said here* | the body | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 4 | **incense** | to-infinitive | that love songs passion to the eating flame *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/128/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)