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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 (Dai, reader, Indian commentator), 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:pg8128:24:142 # text = [23] From the Buddhist work _Dai-chi-dō-ron_.—The reader will find a similar proverb in Rhys-David’s “_Buddhist Suttas_” (Sacred Books of the East), p. 173,—together with a very curious parable, cited in a footnote, which an Indian commentator gives in explanation. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 From from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Buddhist buddhist ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Dai Dai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 chi chi NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 dō dō NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ron ron NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ron** | | Dai | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | future | the reader | Rhys David's similar proverb | | | | with a curious parable; Buddhist Suttas p. and Sacred Books of the East *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent proverb=Theme sutta=Attribute | | 3 | **cite** | participle | | a curious parable *not said here* | | a footnote | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | present | a Indian commentator | a footnote | | explanation | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/142/) - ↑ 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/)