--- title: But there are many different versions of the story; and I distrust t… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But there are many different versions of the story; and I distrust the _Kibun-Daijin_ because it asserts that the beautiful samurai was not really a man, but a transformed dragon, or water-serpent, that used to inhabit the lake at Uyéno,—_Shinobazu-no-Iké_. 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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 (many different versions, I, STORY, beautiful samurai), 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:pg8128:1:86 # text = But there are many different versions of the story; and I distrust the _Kibun-Daijin_ because it asserts that the beautiful samurai was not really a man, but a transformed dragon, or water-serpent, that used to inhabit the lake at Uyéno,—_Shinobazu-no-Iké_. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 distrust distrust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Kibun Kibun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Daijin Daijin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ _ 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 asserts assert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 samurai samurai NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 29 really really ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 transformed transform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 inhabit inhabit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Uyéno Uyéno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 — - PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Shinobazu Shinobazu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Iké Iké PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | many different versions of the story | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **distrust** | present | I | the Kibun and Daijin | | | | a transformed dragon *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kibun=Stimulus | | 3 | **assert** | present | STORY | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | the beautiful samurai | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **transform** | participle | | | | | | | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **use** | past | water serpent | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **inhabit** | to-infinitive | water serpent *not said here* | the lake | | Uyéno | | | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)