--- title: The meaning of this proverb is identical with that of the _Dhammapad… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The meaning of this proverb is identical with that of the _Dhammapada_ verse:—“If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.” Who acts: meaning, man, pain, wheel. 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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 (meaning, man, pain, wheel), 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:pg8128:24:153 # text = The meaning of this proverb is identical with that of the _Dhammapada_ verse:—“If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Dhammapada Dhammapada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ _ 15 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 If if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 acts act VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 draws draw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the meaning of this proverb | | | | | with that of the Dhammapada verse; identical *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | a man | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **act** *in a quote* | present | a man *not said here* | | | | | with a evil thought | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **follow** *in a quote* | present | pain | man | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **follow** *in a quote* | present | the wheel | the foot of the ox | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 6 | **draw** *in a quote* | present | the ox | the carriage | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | | 7 | **mean** | | | this proverb | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/153/) - ↑ 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/)