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title: The original thirteen packages having thus by “experimenting” been r… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: The original thirteen packages having thus by “experimenting” been reduced to ten, each player is given one set of ten small tablets—usually of gold-lacquer,—every set being differently ornamented. Who acts: original thirteen packages. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Opening, wit
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# In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 192

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The original thirteen packages having thus by “experimenting” been reduced to ten, each player is given one set of ten small tablets—usually of gold-lacquer,—every set being differently ornamented.

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**Who acts:** original thirteen packages · **What happens:** have, experiment, reduce, give, ornament · **To what, where:** ten, player, set, original thirteen packages

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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 (original thirteen packages), 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:pg8128:1:195
# text = The original thirteen packages having thus by “experimenting” been reduced to ten, each player is given one set of ten small tablets—usually of gold-lacquer,—every set being differently ornamented.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	thirteen	thirteen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	packages	package	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	experimenting	experiment	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
24	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	tablets	tablet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	35	det	_	_
35	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
36	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	aux:pass	_	_
37	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	ornamented	ornament	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the original thirteen packages and gold lacquer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **experiment** *in a quote* | gerund | the original thirteen packages and gold lacquer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **reduce** | participle · passive | the original thirteen packages and gold lacquer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to ten *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: to ten=Goal |
| 4 | **give** | present · passive |  | each player |  |  |  | one set of ten small tablets *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient set=Theme |
| 5 | **ornament** | gerund · passive |  | every set *not said here* |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» |

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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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