--- title: “Well, it is a matter of _Jigō-jitoku_,” people will observe on seei… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, it is a matter of _Jigō-jitoku_,” people will observe on seeing a man being taken to prison; meaning, “He is reaping the consequence of his own faults.” Who acts: it, people, Jigō. 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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 (it, people, Jigō), 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:pg8128:24:178 # text = “Well, it is a matter of _Jigō-jitoku_,” people will observe on seeing a man being taken to prison; meaning, “He is reaping the consequence of his own faults.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Jigō Jigō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 jitoku jitoku X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 19 on on SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 reaping reap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 acl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a matter and meaning | | | | meaning *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | future | people | | | | | of Jigō | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | gerund | people *not said here* | a man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | gerund · passive | | a man *not said here* | | | | to prison *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: to prison=Result | | 5 | **reap** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Jigō | the consequence of Jigō's own faults | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | | 6 | **fault** *in a quote* | | Jigō | | | | | | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/178/) - ↑ 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/)