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# In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 164

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Probably you have heard of the Japanese tea-ceremonies, and their curious Buddhist history; and I suppose that every foreign collector of Japanese \_bric-à-brac\_ knows something about the luxury to which these ceremonies at one period attained,—a luxury well attested by the quality of the beautiful utensils formerly employed in them.

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**Who acts:** you, I, collector brac \_, ceremonies, quality · **What happens:** hear, suppose, know, attain, attest, employ · **To what, where:** something, luxury · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (you, I, collector brac \_, ceremonies), 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:pg8128:1:167
# text = Probably you have heard of the Japanese tea-ceremonies, and their curious Buddhist history; and I suppose that every foreign collector of Japanese _bric-à-brac_ knows something about the luxury to which these ceremonies at one period attained,—a luxury well attested by the quality of the beautiful utensils formerly employed in them.
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	suppose	suppose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
23	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	collector	collector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
27	_	_	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	bric	bric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	brac	brac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	ccomp	_	_
35	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	34	obj	_	_
36	about	about	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	obl	_	_
41	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	42	det	_	_
42	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
43	at	at	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	52	advmod	_	_
52	attested	attest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	utensils	utensil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	_
60	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	advcl	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  | of the Japanese tea ceremonies and ceremonies's curious Buddhist history; probably *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of ceremony=Stimulus |
| 2 | **suppose** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | present | collector brac \_ | something |  |  |  | about the luxury | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 4 | **attain** | participle | this ceremonies at one period |  |  |  |  | to the luxury | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **attest** | participle · passive | the quality of the beautiful utensils | a luxury |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **employ** | past | the quality of the beautiful utensils *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in ceremonies *= ceremony*; formerly *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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