--- title: As it was thought shameful to bury her in the foul rags found upon h… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: As it was thought shameful to bury her in the foul rags found upon her, some poor person gave a wornout summer-robe (_katabira_) to wrap her body in; and she was interred near Arashiyama at a spot still pointed out to travellers as the “Place of the Katabira” (_Katabira-no-Tsuchi_). Who acts: foul r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/90/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/) / 90 # In Ghostly Japan, Opening, sentence 90 As it was thought shameful to bury her in the foul rags found upon her, some poor person gave a wornout summer-robe (\_katabira\_) to wrap her body in; and she was interred near Arashiyama at a spot still pointed out to travellers as the “Place of the Katabira” (\_Katabira-no-Tsuchi\_). **Who acts:** foul rags, poor person, wornout · **What happens:** think, bury, find, give, robe, wrap in · **To what, where:** many, Komachi, body, Arashiyama, travellers 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 (foul rags, poor person, wornout), 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:pg8128:1:91 # text = As it was thought shameful to bury her in the foul rags found upon her, some poor person gave a wornout summer-robe (_katabira_) to wrap her body in; and she was interred near Arashiyama at a spot still pointed out to travellers as the “Place of the Katabira” (_Katabira-no-Tsuchi_). 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 5 shameful shameful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rags rag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 18 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 wornout wornout NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 katabira katabira NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 wrap wrap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 interred inter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 41 near near ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Arashiyama Arashiyama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 still still ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Katabira Katabira PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ 59 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Katabira Katabira PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 65 det _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 Tsuchi Tsuchi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · passive | | many | | | | shameful *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **bury** | to-infinitive | | Komachi | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | the foul rags | | | | | upon Komachi | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | past | some poor person | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **robe** | | wornout | | | | | katabira *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **wrap in** | to-infinitive | some poor person *not said here* | Komachi's body | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme | | 7 | **inter** | past · passive | | Komachi | | Arashiyama | | at a spot | tree rules | | 8 | **point out** | past | | | travellers | | still | as the Place of the Katabira | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to traveller=Recipient | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/1/)