--- title: But the incense given by the guests,—always called “guest-incense”—i… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But the incense given by the guests,—always called “guest-incense”—is not divided: it is only put into a wrapper marked with an abbreviation of the Chinese character signifying “guest.” Who acts: incense, Chinese character. 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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 (incense, Chinese character), 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:pg8128:1:184 # text = But the incense given by the guests,—always called “guest-incense”—is not divided: it is only put into a wrapper marked with an abbreviation of the Chinese character signifying “guest.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wrapper wrapper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 abbreviation abbreviation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 signifying signify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | the incense *not said here* | | | | by the guests | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **call** | participle | the incense *not said here* | guest incense | | | | always *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **divide** | present · passive | the incense *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 4 | **put** | present · passive | | part | | a wrapper | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 5 | **mark** | participle | | a wrapper *not said here* | | | | with a abbreviation of the Chinese character | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with abbreviation=Theme | | 6 | **signify** | gerund | the Chinese character *not said here* | guest | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot guest=Theme | | 8 | **abbreviate** | | | the Chinese character | | | | | nom abbreviation «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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/182/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)