--- title: In translating _kō-kwai_ as “incense-party,” I use the word “party”… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: In translating _kō-kwai_ as “incense-party,” I use the word “party” in the meaning that it takes in such compounds as “card-party,” “whist-party,” “chess-party”;—for a _kō-kwai_ is a meeting held only with the object of playing a game,—a very curious game. Who acts: I, it, kwai _, object. 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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 (I, it, kwai \_, object), 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:pg8128:1:177 # text = In translating _kō-kwai_ as “incense-party,” I use the word “party” in the meaning that it takes in such compounds as “card-party,” “whist-party,” “chess-party”;—for a _kō-kwai_ is a meeting held only with the object of playing a game,—a very curious game. 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 translating translate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 kō kō NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 kwai kwai NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 compounds compound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 whist whist NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 — - PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 53 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 kō kō NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 kwai kwai NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 61 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl _ _ 62 only only ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 66 of of SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 67 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 65 acl _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 — - PUNCT : _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 73 very very ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **translate** | gerund | I *not said here* | kō kwai | | | | as incense party | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kwai=Patient | | 2 | **use** | present | I | the word | | the meaning | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 3 | **take** | present | it | whist party | | such compounds | | as card party | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as party=Attribute | | 4 | **is a** | present | kwai \_ | a meeting and a curious game | | | | a curious game *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **hold** | participle | | a meeting and a curious game *not said here* | | | | with the object | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **play** | gerund | the object *not said here* | a game | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | 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 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/173/) - next →: [sentence 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/175/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)