--- title: _” The top of the mosquito-net, suspended by cords at each of its fo… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: _” The top of the mosquito-net, suspended by cords at each of its four corners, represents the square;—letting down the net at one corner converts the square into a triangle;—and the moon represents the circle. Who acts: letting, moon. 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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 (letting, moon), 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:pg8128:24:12 # text = _” The top of the mosquito-net, suspended by cords at each of its four corners, represents the square;—letting down the net at one corner converts the square into a triangle;—and the moon represents the circle. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 3 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 mosquito mosquito NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 letting let VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 27 down down ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 converts convert VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 triangle triangle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suspend** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by cords at each of net's four corners | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by cord=Location | | 2 | **represent** *in a quote* | present | | the top of the mosquito net | | | | the square *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot square=Theme | | 3 | **let down** *in a quote* | gerund | | the net | | one corner | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent net=Theme at corner=Asset | | 4 | **convert** *in a quote* | present | letting | the square | | | | into a triangle *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent square=Patient into triangle=Result | | 5 | **represent** *in a quote* | present | the moon | the circle | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot circle=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/13/) - ↑ back to [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/)