--- title: They were devised according to the particular requirements of the Ya… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: They were devised according to the particular requirements of the Yaidzu-fishing-industry, which supplies dried _katsuo_ (bonito) to all parts of the Empire; and it was necessary that they should be able to ride a very rough sea. Who acts: supplies, boats. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/72/) [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/) / [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/) / 72 # In Ghostly Japan, Story of a Tengu\[1\], sentence 72 They were devised according to the particular requirements of the Yaidzu-fishing-industry, which supplies dried \_katsuo\_ (bonito) to all parts of the Empire; and it was necessary that they should be able to ride a very rough sea. **Who acts:** supplies, boats · **What happens:** devise, accord, dry, be, ride, require · **To what, where:** boats, Yaidzu fishing industry, rough sea This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Story of a Tengu\[1\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (supplies, boats), 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:pg8128:27:73 # text = They were devised according to the particular requirements of the Yaidzu-fishing-industry, which supplies dried _katsuo_ (bonito) to all parts of the Empire; and it was necessary that they should be able to ride a very rough sea. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 devised devise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 requirements requirement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 11 Yaidzu Yaidzu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 industry industry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 18 supplies supplies NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 19 nsubj _ _ 19 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 katsuo katsuo NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 bonito bonito NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 expl _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devise** | past · passive | | boats *= boat* | | | | accord the particular requirements of the Yaidzu fishing industry | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dry** | past | supplies | the Yaidzu fishing industry | | | | to all parts of the Empire; katsuo *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | should | boats *= boat* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ride** | to-infinitive | boats *= boat* *not said here* | a rough sea | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | | 7 | **require** | | | the Yaidzu fishing industry | | | | | nom requirement «cognition 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/73/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Tengu\[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/27/)