--- title: Besides music, embroidery, poetical composition and other branches o… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Besides music, embroidery, poetical composition and other branches of the old-fashioned female education, the young lady of pre-Meiji days was expected to acquire three especially polite accomplishments,—the art of arranging flowers, (_ikébana_), the art of ceremonial tea-making (_cha-no-yu_ or _cha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/166/) [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/) / 166 # In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 166 Besides music, embroidery, poetical composition and other branches of the old-fashioned female education, the young lady of pre-Meiji days was expected to acquire three especially polite accomplishments,—the art of arranging flowers, (\_ikébana\_), the art of ceremonial tea-making (\_cha-no-yu\_ or \_cha-no-e\_),\[4\] and the etiquette of incense-parties (\_kō-kwai\_ or \_kō-é\_). **Who acts:** young lady, art, cha · **What happens:** expect, acquire, arrange, make, e · **To what, where:** young lady, three polite accomplishments 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 (young lady, art, cha), 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:pg8128:1:169 # text = Besides music, embroidery, poetical composition and other branches of the old-fashioned female education, the young lady of pre-Meiji days was expected to acquire three especially polite accomplishments,—the art of arranging flowers, (_ikébana_), the art of ceremonial tea-making (_cha-no-yu_ or _cha-no-e_),[4] and the etiquette of incense-parties (_kō-kwai_ or _kō-é_). 1 Besides besides ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 embroidery embroidery NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 poetical poetical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 composition composition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 fashioned fashioned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 pre-Meiji pre-meiji NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 acquire acquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 30 especially especially ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 accomplishments accomplishment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 arranging arrange VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 amod _ _ 39 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ikébana ikébana X FW Foreign=Yes 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 ceremonial ceremonial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 54 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 cha cha NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 yu yu X FW _ 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 62 or or CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 cha cha NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 e e NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 61 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 73 punct _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 etiquette etiquette NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 80 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nmod _ _ 82 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 kō kō NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 85 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 kwai kwai NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 87 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 appos _ _ 88 or or CCONJ CC _ 92 cc _ _ 89 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 92 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 kō kō NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 91 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 90 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 é é NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 93 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 94 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 87 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | past · passive | | the young lady of pre-Meiji days | | | | besides music and embroidery | tree rules | | 2 | **acquire** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the young lady of pre-Meiji days *not said here* | three polite accomplishments | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset accomplishment=Theme | | 3 | **arrange** | gerund | | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | gerund | the art *not said here* | | | | | tea *compound* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **e** | | cha | | | | | | tree rules | 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 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/165/) - next →: [sentence 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/167/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)