--- title: After having thanked the young men, and properly expressed his regre… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: After having thanked the young men, and properly expressed his regret for the death of their teacher, he went back to his hut, and there immediately proceeded to test the worth of the book by consulting its pages in regard to his own fortune. Who acts: man, teacher, 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 (man, teacher, 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:pg8128:4:10 # text = After having thanked the young men, and properly expressed his regret for the death of their teacher, he went back to his hut, and there immediately proceeded to test the worth of the book by consulting its pages in regard to his own fortune. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 properly properly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 expressed express VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 29 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 proceeded proceed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 test test VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 consulting consult VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund · perfect | man *not said here* | | the young men | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **express** | past | man *not said here* | man's regret | | | | for the death of secrets's teacher; properly *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme | | 3 | **go back** | past | man | | | | | to man's hut *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result | | 4 | **proceed** | participle | | | | there | | immediately *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **test** | to-infinitive | | the worth of the book | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Theme | | 6 | **consult** | gerund | | book's pages | | regard to man's own fortune | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Theme | | 7 | **regret** | | man | | | | | | nom regret «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **die** | | secrets's teacher | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **page** | | book | | | | | | nom page «communication 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/11/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/)