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title: The proverb, however,—as the use of the word “soul” (_tamashii_) imp… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: The proverb, however,—as the use of the word “soul” (_tamashii_) implies,—reflects popular belief rather than Buddhist philosophy. Who acts: proverb. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1, with its dependency tree and the pragm
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# In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1, sentence 167

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The proverb, however,—as the use of the word “soul” (\_tamashii\_) implies,—reflects popular belief rather than Buddhist philosophy.

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**Who acts:** proverb · **What happens:** imply, reflect, use · **To what, where:** popular belief, word

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (proverb), 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:pg8128:24:168
# text = The proverb, however,—as the use of the word “soul” (_tamashii_) implies,—reflects popular belief rather than Buddhist philosophy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	tamashii	tamashii	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
21	implies	imply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
25	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	30	cc	_	_
28	than	than	ADP	IN	_	27	fixed	_	_
29	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imply** | present | the proverb |  |  |  |  | the use of the word *nsubj*; however *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **reflect** | present | the proverb *not said here* | popular belief rather Buddhist philosophy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** |  |  | the word |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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