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title: “Any one learned in that science,” he said, “would be able, for exam… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: “Any one learned in that science,” he said, “would be able, for example, not only to tell you the exact time at which any post or beam of this house will yield to decay, but even to tell you the direction of the breaking, and all its results. Who acts: science, post, breaking. A sentence of «In Ghos
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 1, sentence 97

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“Any one learned in that science,” he said, “would be able, for example, not only to tell you the exact time at which any post or beam of this house will yield to decay, but even to tell you the direction of the breaking, and all its results.

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**Who acts:** science, post, breaking · **What happens:** learn, say, be, not tell, yield, decay · **To what, where:** one, science, results, you, direction · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (science, post, breaking), 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:pg8128:3:99
# text = “Any one learned in that science,” he said, “would be able, for example, not only to tell you the exact time at which any post or beam of this house will yield to decay, but even to tell you the direction of the breaking, and all its results.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
22	only	only	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	iobj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl:unmarked	_	_
29	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	obl	_	_
31	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	32	det	_	_
32	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
38	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	yield	yield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl:relcl	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	decay	decay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	even	even	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
47	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	46	iobj	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	57	det:predet	_	_
56	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | participle |  | any one *not said here* |  | that science |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | science | breaking's results |  |  |  | any one *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | would |  |  |  |  |  | for example; able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  | you |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 5 | **yield** *in a quote* | future | any post of this house or beam |  |  |  | at the exact time |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **decay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | any post of this house or beam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | the direction of the breaking | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient direction=Topic |
| 8 | **result** *in a quote* |  | breaking |  |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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