--- title: It was then that he became a fortune-teller,—an itinerant _uranaiya_… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: It was then that he became a fortune-teller,—an itinerant _uranaiya_,—travelling on foot from town to town, and returning to his home rarely more than once a year with the proceeds of his journey. Who acts: daimyō, burning. 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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 (daimyō, burning), 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:pg8128:3:80 # text = It was then that he became a fortune-teller,—an itinerant _uranaiya_,—travelling on foot from town to town, and returning to his home rarely more than once a year with the proceeds of his journey. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 itinerant itinerant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 uranaiya uranaiya NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 rarely rarely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 advmod _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 proceeds proceed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | daimyō | a fortune teller | | | then | burning *nsubj*; become *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **travel** | gerund | daimyō *not said here* | | | foot | | from town to town | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | | 3 | **return** | gerund | daimyō *not said here* | | | | | to burning's home *result*; with the proceeds of burning's journey; once *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 4 | **journey** | | burning | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/79/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/)