--- title: _Shōji_ is the name given to those light white-paper screens which i… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: _Shōji_ is the name given to those light white-paper screens which in a Japanese house serve both as windows and doors, admitting plenty of light, but concealing, like frosted glass, the interior from outer observation, and excluding the wind. Who acts: Shōji. 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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 (Shōji), 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:pg8128:10:52 # text = _Shōji_ is the name given to those light white-paper screens which in a Japanese house serve both as windows and doors, admitting plenty of light, but concealing, like frosted glass, the interior from outer observation, and excluding the wind. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Shōji Shōji PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 10 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 11 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 screens screen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 20 serve serve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 21 both both ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 admitting admit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 28 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 concealing conceal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 frosted frost VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 interior interior NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 observation observation NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 excluding exclude VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Shōji | the name | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | participle | | the name *not said here* | that light paper screens | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to screen=Recipient | | 3 | **serve** | present | | that light paper screens | | a Japanese house | | as windows and doors; both *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Value in house=Location | | 4 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund | | plenty of light | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Theme | | 5 | **conceal** | gerund | | frosted glass | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | | 6 | **frost** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **exclude** | gerund | | the wind | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer wind=Theme | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/52/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/)