--- title: A proverb of kindred meaning is, _Kangaku-In no suzumé wa, Mōgyū wo… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: A proverb of kindred meaning is, _Kangaku-In no suzumé wa, Mōgyū wo sayézuru:_ “The sparrows of Kangaku-In [an ancient seat of learning] chirp the Mōgyū,”—a Chinese text formerly taught to young students. Who acts: sparrows, Chinese text. 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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 (sparrows, Chinese text), 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:pg8128:25:66 # text = A proverb of kindred meaning is, _Kangaku-In no suzumé wa, Mōgyū wo sayézuru:_ “The sparrows of Kangaku-In [an ancient seat of learning] chirp the Mōgyū,”—a Chinese text formerly taught to young students. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 kindred kindred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Kangaku Kangaku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 In in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 13 suzumé suzumé NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 wa wa NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Mōgyū Mōgyū PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 17 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 sayézuru sayézuru NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sparrows sparrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Kangaku Kangaku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 In in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 learning learning NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 35 chirp chirp VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Mōgyū Mōgyū PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 students student NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a proverb and Kangaku sayézuru | | | | of kindred meaning; Kangaku sayézuru *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **chirp** *in a quote* | present | the sparrows of Kangaku | the Mōgyū | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mōgyū=Theme | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | a Chinese text | | young students | | | formerly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to student=Recipient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/67/) - ↑ back to [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/)