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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 32

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First of all, it is required that the person invited to an incense-party shall attend the same in as \_odorless\_ a condition as possible: a lady, for instance, must not use hair-oil, or put on any dress that has been kept in a perfumed chest-of-drawers.

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**Who acts:** person · **What happens:** require, invite, attend, not use, put, keep · **To what, where:** subject, person, same, odorless condition, hair oil, dress

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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 (person), 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:pg8128:3:34
# text = First of all, it is required that the person invited to an incense-party shall attend the same in as _odorless_ a condition as possible: a lady, for instance, must not use hair-oil, or put on any dress that has been kept in a perfumed chest-of-drawers.
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
11	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	odorless	odorless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	24	punct	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
28	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
29	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
39	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	32	parataxis	_	_
40	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	conj	_	_
46	on	on	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	48	det	_	_
48	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	obj	_	_
50	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl:relcl	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	perfumed	perfume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	amod	_	_
56	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	drawers	drawer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | subject |  |  |  | a lady and instance *parataxis*; first *property* | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **invite** | participle |  | the person *not said here* |  |  |  | to a incense party | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **attend** | shall | the person | the same |  | a odorless condition |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Goal |
| 4 | **not** **use** | must |  | hair oil |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient |
| 5 | **put** | participle |  |  |  | any dress |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on dress=Destination |
| 6 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive |  | any dress |  | a perfumed chest and drawers |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: that=Theme in chest=Location |
| 7 | **perfume** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: 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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