--- title: [6] Among the curious Tōkyō inventions of 1898 was a new variety of… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: [6] Among the curious Tōkyō inventions of 1898 was a new variety of cigarettes called _Hangon-sō_, or “Herb of Hangon,”—a name suggesting that their smoke operated like the spirit-summoning incense. Who acts: 6, cigarettes, smoke, names. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (6, cigarettes, smoke, names), 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:pg8128:3:70 # text = [6] Among the curious Tōkyō inventions of 1898 was a new variety of cigarettes called _Hangon-sō_, or “Herb of Hangon,”—a name suggesting that their smoke operated like the spirit-summoning incense. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Tōkyō Tōkyō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 inventions invention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 1898 1898 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 variety variety NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 cigarettes cigarette NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Hangon Hangon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 sō sō NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Hangon Hangon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 34 suggesting suggest VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 operated operate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 summoning summon VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | 6 among the curious Tōkyō inventions of 1898 | a new variety and a name | | | | of cigarettes; Herb of Hangon *parataxis*; a name *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | participle | cigarettes *not said here* | Hangon sō | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | gerund | names's smoke | a name *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 4 | **operate** | participle | | names's smoke *not said here* | | | | like the summoning incense | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **summon** | gerund | | | | | | spirit *compound* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **smoke** | | names *= name* | | | | | | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/69/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/)