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title: [1] The same book says that the temple of the tradition was a Nichir… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: [1] The same book says that the temple of the tradition was a Nichiren temple called Hon-myoji, in the district of Hongo; and that the crest upon the robe was a _kikyō_-flower. Who acts: same book, temple, Nichiren temple, crest. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Opening, with its 
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# In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 84

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\[1\] The same book says that the temple of the tradition was a Nichiren temple called Hon-myoji, in the district of Hongo; and that the crest upon the robe was a \_kikyō\_-flower.

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**Who acts:** same book, temple, Nichiren temple, crest · **What happens:** say, be, call · **To what, where:** Nichiren temple, Hon myoji, \_ kikyō · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (same book, temple, Nichiren temple, crest), 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:pg8128:1:85
# text = [1] The same book says that the temple of the tradition was a Nichiren temple called Hon-myoji, in the district of Hongo; and that the crest upon the robe was a _kikyō_-flower.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Nichiren	Nichiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
18	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	Hon	Hon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	myoji	myoji	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Hongo	Hongo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	crest	crest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
33	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	kikyō	kikyō	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the same book |  |  |  |  | 1 *discourse* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the temple of the tradition | a Nichiren temple |  |  |  | the district of Hongo *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | participle | a Nichiren temple *not said here* | Hon myoji |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | the crest upon the robe | a \_ kikyō and flower |  |  |  | flower *conj* | tree rules |

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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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