--- title: The numeral “ten,” in the Japanese, or rather Chinese name of this d… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The numeral “ten,” in the Japanese, or rather Chinese name of this diversion, does not refer to ten kinds, but only to ten packages of incense; for _Jitchū-kō_, besides being the most amusing, is the very simplest of incense-games, and is played with only four kinds of incense. Who acts: numeral, Ji --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/177/) [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/) / 177 # In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 177 The numeral “ten,” in the Japanese, or rather Chinese name of this diversion, does not refer to ten kinds, but only to ten packages of incense; for \_Jitchū-kō\_, besides being the most amusing, is the very simplest of incense-games, and is played with only four kinds of incense. **Who acts:** numeral, Jitchū · **What happens:** not refer, be, play, name · **To what, where:** ten packages, diversion 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 (numeral, Jitchū), 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:pg8128:1:180 # text = The numeral “ten,” in the Japanese, or rather Chinese name of this diversion, does not refer to ten kinds, but only to ten packages of incense; for _Jitchū-kō_, besides being the most amusing, is the very simplest of incense-games, and is played with only four kinds of incense. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 numeral numeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 3 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 rather rather ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 diversion diversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 refer refer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 packages package NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Jitchū Jitchū PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 kō kō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 besides besides ADP IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 very very ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 simplest simple ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 parataxis _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 parataxis _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 only only ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 62 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **refer** | present · do-support | the numeral in the Japanese Chinese name of this diversion | ten packages of incense | | | | to ten kinds | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to kind=Co-Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | amusing *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | Jitchū and kō | | | | | of incense games; simple *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **play** | present · passive | | | | | | with four kinds of incense | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: with kind=Theme | | 5 | **name** | | | this diversion | | | | | nom name «communication 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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/178/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)