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title: First of all, I found myself thinking about a delightful revery by M… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 49

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First of all, I found myself thinking about a delightful revery by M. Anatole France, in which he says that if he had been the Demiurge, he would have put youth at the end of life instead of at the beginning, and would have otherwise so ordered matters that every human being should have three stages of development, somewhat corresponding to those of the lepidoptera.

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**Who acts:** I, myself, M., human · **What happens:** find, think, say, be, put, have · **To what, where:** myself, Demiurge, end, ordered matters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, myself, M., human), 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:pg8128:4:49
# text = First of all, I found myself thinking about a delightful revery by M. Anatole France, in which he says that if he had been the Demiurge, he would have put youth at the end of life instead of at the beginning, and would have otherwise so ordered matters that every human being should have three stages of development, somewhat corresponding to those of the lepidoptera.
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	delightful	delightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	revery	revery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	M.	M.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	Anatole	Anatole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
16	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
26	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	cop	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Demiurge	Demiurge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	aux	_	_
33	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	ccomp	_	_
34	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
40	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	44	case	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	fixed	_	_
42	at	at	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
49	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	so	so	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	ordered	ordered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
53	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	58	obj	_	_
54	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	55	det	_	_
55	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	nsubj	_	_
56	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	cop	_	_
57	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	acl:relcl	_	_
59	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	60	nummod	_	_
60	stages	stage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	development	development	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	48	advcl	_	_
66	to	to	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	65	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	lepidoptera	lepidoptera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | I | myself |  |  |  | first *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | myself *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about a delightful revery by M. | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about revery=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | M. |  |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | M. | the Demiurge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **put** | would · perfect · passive |  | the Demiurge |  |  | at the end of life; instead the beginning | M. *nsubj*; youth *obj* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset youth=Goal |
| 6 | **have** | would |  | ordered matters |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient |
| 7 | **is** | should · gerund | every human |  |  |  |  | ordered matters *obj*; three stages of development *obj*; have *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **correspond** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to those of the lepidoptera; somewhat *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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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