--- title: The teaching of either proverb is excellently expressed by a third:—… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The teaching of either proverb is excellently expressed by a third:—_Narau yori wa naréro:_ “Rather than study [an art], get accustomed to it,”—that is to say, “keep constantly in contact with it.” Who acts: third, that. 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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 (third, that), 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:pg8128:25:67 # text = The teaching of either proverb is excellently expressed by a third:—_Narau yori wa naréro:_ “Rather than study [an art], get accustomed to it,”—that is to say, “keep constantly in contact with it.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teaching teaching NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 excellently excellently ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 expressed express VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Narau Narau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 yori yori X FW _ 17 compound _ _ 17 wa wa NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 18 naréro naréro X FW Foreign=Yes 17 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Rather rath ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 25 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj:outer _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 44 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | present · passive | a third | the teaching of either proverb | | | | Narau yori wa *parataxis*; excellently *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **accustom** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | a third *not said here* | | proverb | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | that *not said here* | | | contact | | with proverb; constantly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in contact=Location | | 5 | **teach** | | | either proverb | | | | | nom teaching «act 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/25/68/) - ↑ 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/)