--- title: Nanda did so; and the devil said to him: ‘There is a man called Nand… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Nanda did so; and the devil said to him: ‘There is a man called Nanda,—now one of Shaka’s disciples,—about to be reborn into one of the heavens, on account of his former good actions. Who acts: Nanda, devil. 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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 (Nanda, devil), 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:pg8128:4:115 # text = Nanda did so; and the devil said to him: ‘There is a man called Nanda,—now one of Shaka’s disciples,—about to be reborn into one of the heavens, on account of his former good actions. 1 Nanda Nanda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 Nanda Nanda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 Shaka Shaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 disciples disciple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 about about ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 reborn reborn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Nanda | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the devil | | Nanda | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | | a man | | | | one of Shaka's disciples *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | participle | | a man *not said here* | | | | Nanda *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **reborn** | to-infinitive · passive | Nanda *not said here* | | | account of Nanda's former good actions | | into one of the heavens; about *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **account** | | | Nanda's former good actions | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **act** | | Nanda | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/116/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/)