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title: Although the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonie… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Although the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonies was chiefly symbolical, there is good reason to suppose that various beliefs older than Buddhism,—some, perhaps, peculiar to the race; others probably of Chinese or Korean derivation,—began at an early period to influence the popu
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 42

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Although the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonies was chiefly symbolical, there is good reason to suppose that various beliefs older than Buddhism,—some, perhaps, peculiar to the race; others probably of Chinese or Korean derivation,—began at an early period to influence the popular use of incense in Japan.

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**Who acts:** original signification, good reason, Chinese derivation · **What happens:** be, suppose, begin, influence, signify, use · **To what, where:** peculiar, early period, popular use, incense, Buddhist ceremonies

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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 (original signification, good reason, Chinese derivation), 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:pg8128:3:44
# text = Although the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonies was chiefly symbolical, there is good reason to suppose that various beliefs older than Buddhism,—some, perhaps, peculiar to the race; others probably of Chinese or Korean derivation,—began at an early period to influence the popular use of incense in Japan.
1	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	signification	signification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	chiefly	chiefly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	symbolical	symbolical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	15	expl	_	_
15	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	advcl	_	_
24	than	than	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	32	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
37	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
38	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
40	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
41	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	Korean	korean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	conj	_	_
43	derivation	derivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
47	at	at	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	influence	influence	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	advcl	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the original signification of incense in Buddhist ceremonies |  |  |  |  | symbolical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | good reason |  |  | there |  | Chinese derivation  others *conj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **suppose** | to-infinitive | good reason *not said here* | some peculiar |  |  |  | to the race | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent peculiar=Attribute |
| 4 | **begin** | past | Chinese derivation  others *not said here* |  |  | a early period |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **influence** | to-infinitive | Chinese derivation  others *not said here* | the popular use of incense in Japan |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Patient |
| 6 | **signify** |  |  | incense |  | Buddhist ceremonies |  |  | nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place |
| 7 | **use** |  |  | incense in Japan |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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