--- title: “Such a one,” he replied, “would be reborn neither as man nor as wom… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “Such a one,” he replied, “would be reborn neither as man nor as woman,—providing there were no pre-existent karma powerful enough to check or to weaken the results of the self-conquest.” Who acts: one, pre-existent karma. 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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 (one, pre-existent karma), 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:pg8128:26:23 # text = “Such a one,” he replied, “would be reborn neither as man nor as woman,—providing there were no pre-existent karma powerful enough to check or to weaken the results of the self-conquest.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 4 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 reborn reborn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 14 neither neither ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 19 cc _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 providing provide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 26 pre-existent pre-existent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 karma karma NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 28 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 29 enough enough ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 weaken weaken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 results result NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | such one | | | | | person *nsubj* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would | such one *not said here* | | | | | as man nor woman; neither, reborn *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **provide** *in a quote* | gerund | such one *not said here* | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | past | no pre-existent karma | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **check** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no pre-existent karma *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **weaken** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no pre-existent karma *not said here* | the results of the self conquest | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent result=Patient | | 7 | **result** *in a quote* | | | the self conquest | | | | | nom result «phenomenon 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/26/24/) - ↑ 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/)