--- title: If there be anything that you would like to have, or to know, or to… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: If there be anything that you would like to have, or to know, or to see,—anything that I can do for you, in short,—please to tell me; for as I happen to possess, in a small degree, the Six Supernatural Powers, I am able to gratify almost any wish that you can express.” Who acts: you, I, wish. 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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 (you, I, wish), 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:pg8128:27:20 # text = If there be anything that you would like to have, or to know, or to see,—anything that I can do for you, in short,—please to tell me; for as I happen to possess, in a small degree, the Six Supernatural Powers, I am able to gratify almost any wish that you can express.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 conj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 please please INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 52 Supernatural Supernatural PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 Powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 gratify gratify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 almost almost ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 62 det _ _ 62 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 63 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 64 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | would | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **do** | can | I | | | | | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 8 | **happen** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **possess** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | a small degree and the Six Supernatural Powers *parataxis* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **is** | present | I | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **gratify** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | any wish | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer | | 12 | **express** | can | any wish | | | | | you *nsubj* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/21/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)