--- title: According to a story-book called _Kibun-Daijin_, the name of the gir… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: According to a story-book called _Kibun-Daijin_, the name of the girl who caused the robe to be made was O-Samé; and she was the daughter of Hikoyemon, a wine-merchant of Hyakushō-machi, in the district of Azabu. Who acts: girl, calamity. 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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 (girl, calamity), 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:pg8128:1:83 # text = According to a story-book called _Kibun-Daijin_, the name of the girl who caused the robe to be made was O-Samé; and she was the daughter of Hikoyemon, a wine-merchant of Hyakushō-machi, in the district of Azabu. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Kibun Kibun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Daijin Daijin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl _ _ 27 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Samé Samé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Hikoyemon Hikoyemon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 Hyakushō Hyakushō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 machi machi NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Azabu Azabu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | participle | | a story book and the name of the girl and the daughter *not said here* | | | | Kibun and Daijin *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cause** | past | the girl | the robe | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition robe=Patient | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | the girl *not said here* | the robe *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 5 | **is a** | past | calamity | the daughter | | | | of Hikoyemon | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | | | the girl | | | | | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)