--- title: “The story is about the famous Chinese fortune-teller whom we call i… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “The story is about the famous Chinese fortune-teller whom we call in Japan Shōko Setsu, and it is written in the book _Baikwa-Shin-Eki_, which is a book of divination. Who acts: story, we, book. 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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 (story, we, book), 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:pg8128:3:101 # text = “The story is about the famous Chinese fortune-teller whom we call in Japan Shōko Setsu, and it is written in the book _Baikwa-Shin-Eki_, which is a book of divination. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 7 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 8 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 teller teller NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Shōko Shōko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 18 Setsu Setsu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Baikwa Baikwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Shin Shin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Eki Eki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the story | | | | | about the famous Chinese fortune teller | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *in a quote* | present | we | | the famous Chinese fortune teller | | | Japan Shōko *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient | | 3 | **write** *in a quote* | present · passive | | story | | the book and a book | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the book and a book | a book | | | | of divination | tree rules | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/100/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/3/)