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title: Is not the assertion of our “need of divine love” an involuntary con… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Is not the assertion of our “need of divine love” an involuntary confession that we wish to be treated like silkworms,—to live without pain by the help of gods? Who acts: we, our. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 2, with its dependency tree and the pra
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 2, sentence 71

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Is not the assertion of our “need of divine love” an involuntary confession that we wish to be treated like silkworms,—to live without pain by the help of gods?

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**Who acts:** we, our · **What happens:** not be, wish, treat, live, need, help · **To what, where:** assertion, involuntary confession, divine love, gods · **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 (we, our), 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:pg8128:4:71
# text = Is not the assertion of our “need of divine love” an involuntary confession that we wish to be treated like silkworms,—to live without pain by the help of gods?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	involuntary	involuntary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obj	_	_
17	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	ccomp	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	silkworms	silkworm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
28	without	without	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present |  | the assertion |  |  |  | of our need of divine love and a involuntary confession | tree rules |
| 2 | **wish** | present | we | a involuntary confession |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **treat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | like silkworms | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» |
| 4 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | without pain; by the help of gods | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by help=Location |
| 5 | **need** *in a quote* |  | our | divine love and a involuntary confession |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 6 | **help** |  |  | gods |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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