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title: _She, who, departing hence, left to the flowers of the plum-tree, Bl… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: _She, who, departing hence, left to the flowers of the plum-tree, Blooming beside our eaves, the charm of her youth and beauty, And maiden pureness of heart, to quicken their flush and fragrance,— Ah! where does she dwell to-day, our dear little vanished sister? Who acts: She. A sentence of «In Ghos
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# In Ghostly Japan, A Memory in Spring, sentence 1

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\_She, who, departing hence, left to the flowers of the plum-tree, Blooming beside our eaves, the charm of her youth and beauty, And maiden pureness of heart, to quicken their flush and fragrance,— Ah! where does she dwell to-day, our dear little vanished sister?

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**Who acts:** She · **What happens:** depart, leave, bloom, quicken, dwell, vanish · **To what, where:** maiden pureness, flowers, eaves, flush

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, A Memory in Spring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (She), 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:pg8128:12:1
# text = _She, who, departing hence, left to the flowers of the plum-tree, Blooming beside our eaves, the charm of her youth and beauty, And maiden pureness of heart, to quicken their flush and fragrance,— Ah! where does she dwell to-day, our dear little vanished sister?
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	departing	depart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	hence	hence	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	plum	plum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Blooming	bloom	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
20	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	eaves	eave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	pureness	pureness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	quicken	quicken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	flush	flush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
46	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
48	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	51	advmod	_	_
49	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
56	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
57	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
58	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
59	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	amod	_	_
60	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | gerund | She | maiden pureness of heart |  |  |  | our dear little vanished sister *obl*; who *nsubj*; hence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | participle | She *not said here* |  |  | the flowers of the plum tree |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to flower=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **bloom** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | our eaves |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside eave=Location |
| 4 | **quicken** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | youth's flush and fragrance |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flush=Patient |
| 5 | **dwell** | present · do-support | she |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **vanish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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