--- title: _” Unless you happen to know the pretty Japanese symbolism of the bu… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: _” Unless you happen to know the pretty Japanese symbolism of the butterfly in relation to happy marriage, and the old custom of sending with the wedding-gift a large pair of paper-butterflies (_ochō-mechō_), the verse might well seem to be less than commonplace. Who acts: old custom, verse. 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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 (old custom, verse), 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:pg8128:10:36 # text = _” Unless you happen to know the pretty Japanese symbolism of the butterfly in relation to happy marriage, and the old custom of sending with the wedding-gift a large pair of paper-butterflies (_ochō-mechō_), the verse might well seem to be less than commonplace. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Unless unless SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 symbolism symbolism NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sending send VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 butterflies butterfly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ochō ochō NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 mechō mechō NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 51 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 parataxis _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 xcomp _ _ 55 than than ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 commonplace commonplace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | you *nsubj*; the old custom *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the pretty Japanese symbolism of the butterfly in relation to happy marriage | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer symbolism=Stimulus | | 3 | **send** *in a quote* | gerund | the old custom *not said here* | a large pair of paper butterflies ochō mechō | | | | with the wedding gift | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme | | 4 | **seem** *in a quote* | might | the verse | | | | | well *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the verse *not said here* | | | | | than commonplace; less *property* | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/37/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/)