--- title: They are called _Jiki-kō-ki_, or “incense-eating goblins;” and they… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: They are called _Jiki-kō-ki_, or “incense-eating goblins;” and they belong to the fourteenth of the thirty-six classes of Gaki (_prêtas_) recognized by Japanese Buddhism. Who acts: powers. 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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 (powers), 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:pg8128:3:74 # text = They are called _Jiki-kō-ki_, or “incense-eating goblins;” and they belong to the fourteenth of the thirty-six classes of Gaki (_prêtas_) recognized by Japanese Buddhism. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Jiki Jiki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 kō kō NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ki ki NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 goblins goblin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fourteenth fourteenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Gaki Gaki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 prêtas prêta NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 39 recognized recognize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Buddhism Buddhism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | powers *= power* | | | | Jiki kō ki *xcomp*; eating goblins *conj* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | incense *compound* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **belong** | present | powers *= power* | | | | | to the fourteenth of the six classes of Gaki and prêtas | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **recognize** | participle | | prêtas *not said here* | | | | Japanese Buddhism *obl:agent* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/73/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/)