--- title: The incense-burner’s desk,—the writing-box, paper-box, tablet-box, e… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The incense-burner’s desk,—the writing-box, paper-box, tablet-box, etc.,—the various stands or _dai_,—were of the costliest gold-lacquer;—the pincers and other instruments were of gold, curiously worked;—and the censer—whether of precious metal, bronze, or porcelain,—was always a _chef-d’œuvre_, des --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/40/) [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/) / [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/) / 40 # In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 40 The incense-burner’s desk,—the writing-box, paper-box, tablet-box, etc.,—the various stands or \_dai\_,—were of the costliest gold-lacquer;—the pincers and other instruments were of gold, curiously worked;—and the censer—whether of precious metal, bronze, or porcelain,—was always a \_chef-d’œuvre\_, designed by some artist of renown. **Who acts:** various · **What happens:** stand, be, work, design · **To what, where:** gold, \_ d’œuvre \_ 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 (various), 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:pg8128:3:42 # text = The incense-burner’s desk,—the writing-box, paper-box, tablet-box, etc.,—the various stands or _dai_,—were of the costliest gold-lacquer;—the pincers and other instruments were of gold, curiously worked;—and the censer—whether of precious metal, bronze, or porcelain,—was always a _chef-d’œuvre_, designed by some artist of renown. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 burner burner NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 — - PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 dai dai X FW _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 costliest costly ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 lacquer lacquer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 pincers pincer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 appos _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 instruments instrument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 curiously curiously ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 — - PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 censer censer NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 — - PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 or or CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 porcelain porcelain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 — - PUNCT : _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 72 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 78 advmod _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 74 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 chef chef NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 76 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 d’œuvre d'œuvre NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 78 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 80 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 78 acl _ _ 81 by by ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 83 det _ _ 83 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl:agent _ _ 84 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 renown renown NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | the various | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of the costliest gold lacquer; the pincers and other instruments and gold and the censer and bronze of precious metal or porcelain and a \_ d’œuvre \_ *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | of gold | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | participle | | gold *not said here* | | | | curiously *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | | a \_ d’œuvre \_ | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **design** | participle | | a \_ d’œuvre \_ *not said here* | | | | some artist of renown *obl:agent* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/41/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/)