--- title: She had an _ihai_ (mortuary tablet) made, bearing the _kaimyō_ of he… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: She had an _ihai_ (mortuary tablet) made, bearing the _kaimyō_ of her dead mistress,—“_Myō-Kō-In-Den Chizan-Ryō-Fu Daishi_”;—and this she carried about with her in all her wanderings; and every day before it she humbly besought the dead for pardon, and performed a Buddhist service in order that the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/123/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/) / 123 # In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 3, sentence 123 She had an \_ihai\_ (mortuary tablet) made, bearing the \_kaimyō\_ of her dead mistress,—“\_Myō-Kō-In-Den Chizan-Ryō-Fu Daishi\_”;—and this she carried about with her in all her wanderings; and every day before it she humbly besought the dead for pardon, and performed a Buddhist service in order that the jealous spirit might find rest. **Who acts:** Tiger, mortuary tablet, this, jealous spirit · **What happens:** have, make, bear, carry, beseech, perform · **To what, where:** ihai, kaimyō, wanderings, dead, Buddhist service, order This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tiger, mortuary tablet, this, jealous spirit), 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:pg8128:26:123 # text = She had an _ihai_ (mortuary tablet) made, bearing the _kaimyō_ of her dead mistress,—“_Myō-Kō-In-Den Chizan-Ryō-Fu Daishi_”;—and this she carried about with her in all her wanderings; and every day before it she humbly besought the dead for pardon, and performed a Buddhist service in order that the jealous spirit might find rest. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ihai ihai X FW Foreign=Yes 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 mortuary mortuary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 kaimyō kaimyō X GW _ 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Myō Myō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Kō Kō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 In in ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 Chizan Chizan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Ryō Ryō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Fu Fu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 38 Daishi Daishi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 47 about about ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 wanderings wandering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 56 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 57 det _ _ 57 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl:unmarked _ _ 58 before before ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 humbly humbly ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 obj _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 performed perform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 Buddhist Buddhist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 that that SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 79 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 advcl _ _ 81 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Tiger | a ihai | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ihai=Patient | | 2 | **make** | past | mortuary tablet | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **bear** | gerund | mortuary tablet *not said here* | the kaimyō and Tiger's dead mistress | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kaimyō=Patient | | 4 | **carry** | past | this | | | Tiger's wanderings | | with Tiger; about *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in wandering=Location | | 5 | **beseech** | past | Tiger | the dead | | | day | for pardon; humbly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **perform** | past | Tiger *not said here* | a Buddhist service | | order | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 7 | **find** | might | the jealous spirit | rest | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic | | 8 | **wander** | | Tiger | | | | | | nom wandering «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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/124/) - ↑ back to [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/)