--- title: —“_Let my body remain pure like a censer!—let my thought be ever as… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: —“_Let my body remain pure like a censer!—let my thought be ever as a fire of wisdom, purely consuming the incense of sîla and of dhyâna,_[3] _that so may I do homage to all the Buddhas in the Ten Directions of the Past, the Present, and the Future! Who acts: you, body, 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: who acts (you, body, Incense), 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:pg8128:1:152 # text = —“_Let my body remain pure like a censer!—let my thought be ever as a fire of wisdom, purely consuming the incense of sîla and of dhyâna,_[3] _that so may I do homage to all the Buddhas in the Ten Directions of the Past, the Present, and the Future! 1 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 censer censer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 16 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 21 advmod _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 purely purely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 consuming consume VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 sîla sîla NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 dhyâna dhyâna NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obj _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 45 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Buddhas buddha NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 Directions Direction PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Past Past PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Future Future PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my body | | | | the Future *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **remain** *in a quote* | infinitive | my body *not said here* | | | | | pure *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | that | | | | 3 *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | ever | as my thought fire; of wisdom; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **consume** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | the incense of sîla and dhyâna | | | | purely *property* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incense=Asset | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | may | Incense | homage | | | | to all Buddhas in the Ten Directions of the Past and the Present | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/151/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)