--- title: Nevertheless it will be well for us, when we smell the incense kindl… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless it will be well for us, when we smell the incense kindled before the image of Amida, to imagine that its odor is the wonderful fragrance of Paradise, and to repeat the _Nembutsu_ in gratitude for the mercy of the Buddha.” Who acts: reason, we, incense, odor. A sentence of «In Ghostly Ja --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/160/) [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/) / 160 # In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 160 Nevertheless it will be well for us, when we smell the incense kindled before the image of Amida, to imagine that its odor is the wonderful fragrance of Paradise, and to repeat the \_Nembutsu\_ in gratitude for the mercy of the Buddha.” **Who acts:** reason, we, incense, odor · **What happens:** be, smell, kindle, imagine, repeat, image · **To what, where:** wonderful fragrance, Nembutsu, gratitude, Amida 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 (reason, we, incense, odor), 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:pg8128:1:163 # text = Nevertheless it will be well for us, when we smell the incense kindled before the image of Amida, to imagine that its odor is the wonderful fragrance of Paradise, and to repeat the _Nembutsu_ in gratitude for the mercy of the Buddha.” 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 smell smell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Amida Amida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 odor odor NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Paradise Paradise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Nembutsu Nembutsu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | reason | | | | | for us; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **smell** | present | we | | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **kindle** | past | the incense | | | | before the image of Amida | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **imagine** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is a** | present | reason's odor | the wonderful fragrance | | | | of Paradise | tree rules | | 6 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the Nembutsu | | gratitude | | for the mercy of the Buddha | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nembutsu=Eventuality | | 7 | **image** | | | Amida | | | | | nom image «cognition 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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/161/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)