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title: The proverb implies that the object of worship signifies little, so… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: The proverb implies that the object of worship signifies little, so long as the prayer is made with perfect faith and pure intention. Who acts: proverb, object. 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 an
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# In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1, sentence 172

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The proverb implies that the object of worship signifies little, so long as the prayer is made with perfect faith and pure intention.

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**Who acts:** proverb, object · **What happens:** imply, signify, make · **To what, where:** little

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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, object), 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:pg8128:24:173
# text = The proverb implies that the object of worship signifies little, so long as the prayer is made with perfect faith and pure intention.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	implies	imply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **signify** | present | the object of worship | little |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot little=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as the prayer; with perfect faith and pure intention; long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

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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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