--- title: “Well,” he continued, “if the physical conditions of human rebirth a… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” he continued, “if the physical conditions of human rebirth are all determined by the karma of the will relating to physical conditions, then sex would be determined by the will in relation to sex. Who acts: wish, karma, relation. 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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 (wish, karma, relation), 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:pg8128:26:13 # text = “Well,” he continued, “if the physical conditions of human rebirth are all determined by the karma of the will relating to physical conditions, then sex would be determined by the will in relation to sex. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 rebirth rebirth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 karma karma NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 relating relate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 sex sex VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 sex sex VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | wish | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **determine** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · passive | the karma | the physical conditions of human rebirth | | | | all *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 3 | **relate** *in a quote* | future | the karma *not said here* | | | | | to physical conditions | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to condition=Co-Theme | | 4 | **sex** *in a quote* | infinitive | wish *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **determine** *in a quote* | would · passive | the relation | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sex** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the relation *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **condition** *in a quote* | | | human rebirth | | | | | nom condition «state 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/14/) - ↑ 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/)