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title: I shall order to be performed—no matter what the cost—every religiou… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
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# In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 3, sentence 56

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I shall order to be performed—no matter what the cost—every religious rite that can serve you in regard to your next rebirth; and all of us will pray without ceasing for you, that you may not have to wander in the Black Space, but may quickly enter Paradise, and attain to Buddha-hood.”

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**Who acts:** I, matter, religious rite, all, you · **What happens:** order, perform, cost, serve, pray, cease · **To what, where:** matter, you, regard, Black Space, Paradise

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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 (I, matter, religious rite, all), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8128:26:56
# text = I shall order to be performed—no matter what the cost—every religious rite that can serve you in regard to your next rebirth; and all of us will pray without ceasing for you, that you may not have to wander in the Black Space, but may quickly enter Paradise, and attain to Buddha-hood.”
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	order	order	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
15	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	rite	rite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	rebirth	rebirth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
29	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	nsubj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nmod	_	_
32	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
34	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
35	ceasing	cease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
40	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
41	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
43	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	conj	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	Black	Black	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	Space	Space	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
52	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	enter	enter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
55	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	attain	attain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	hood	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | shall | I | no matter |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **perform** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | no matter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V» |
| 3 | **cost** |  | no matter |  |  |  |  | every religious rite *appos* | tree rules |
| 4 | **serve** | can | every religious rite | you |  | regard to your next rebirth |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Value in regard=Location |
| 5 | **pray** | future | all of us |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 6 | **cease** | gerund | all of us *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 7 | **not** **have** | may | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **wander** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the Black Space |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Trajectory |
| 9 | **enter** | may |  | Paradise |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme paradise=Destination |
| 10 | **attain** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to Buddha hood | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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