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title: The incense first mentioned, for example, is called by the poets’ na… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: The incense first mentioned, for example, is called by the poets’ name for the gloaming,—_Tasogaré_ (lit: “Who is there?” or “ Who is it?”)—a word which in this relation hints of the toilet-perfume that reveals some charming presence to the lover waiting in the dusk. Who acts: incense, name, Tasogar
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 12

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The incense first mentioned, for example, is called by the poets’ name for the gloaming,—\_Tasogaré\_ (lit: “Who is there?” or “ Who is it?”)—a word which in this relation hints of the toilet-perfume that reveals some charming presence to the lover waiting in the dusk.

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**Who acts:** incense, name, Tasogaré lit, word, toilet perfume, lover · **What happens:** mention, call, be, word, hint, reveal · **To what, where:** incense, word, relation, charming presence, lover · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (incense, name, Tasogaré lit, word), 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:pg8128:3:12
# text = The incense first mentioned, for example, is called by the poets’ name for the gloaming,—_Tasogaré_ (lit: “Who is there?” or “ Who is it?”)—a word which in this relation hints of the toilet-perfume that reveals some charming presence to the lover waiting in the dusk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	gloaming	gloaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Tasogaré	Tasogaré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	22	punct	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	lit	lit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	parataxis	_	_
30	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	29	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
34	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	_
35	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	48	obj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	47	det	_	_
47	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
48	hints	hint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	perfume	perfume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj	_	_
55	reveals	reveal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	_	_
56	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	58	det	_	_
57	charming	charming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
62	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	61	acl	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | the incense *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for example; first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** *speech: ask* | present · passive | the poets's name for the gloaming | the incense |  |  |  | Tasogaré lit or a word *parataxis* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | Tasogaré lit or a word |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a word | Incense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **word** |  | Incense |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **hint** *speech: other* | present |  | a word |  | this relation |  | of the toilet perfume | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic |
| 7 | **reveal** | present | the toilet perfume | some charming presence | the lover |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent presence=Topic to lover=Recipient |
| 8 | **wait** | gerund | the lover *not said here* |  |  |  | dusk |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **name** |  | the poets |  |  |  |  | for the gloaming | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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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