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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 (Allusion, Buddha, monkeys), 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:pg8128:24:65 # text = [9] Allusion to a parable, said to have been related by the Buddha himself, about some monkeys who found a well under a tree, and mistook for reality the image of the moon in the water. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Allusion allusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 parable parable NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 related relate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 mistook mistake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Allusion to a parable | 9 | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **relate** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | the Buddha moon | | | | | about some monkeys | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | some monkeys | a tree | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Topic | | 4 | **mistake** | past | Allusion to a parable *not said here* | the image of the moon | | the water | | for reality | tree rules | | 5 | **image** | | | the moon | | | | | nom image «cognition 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/65/) - ↑ 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/)