--- title: “Well,” he said, “I was reminded of a queer Buddhist story by the pr… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” he said, “I was reminded of a queer Buddhist story by the proverb that you asked me to explain,—_The silkworm-moth eyebrow of a woman is the axe that cuts down the wisdom of man. Who acts: Niimi, proverb, you, moth eyebrow. 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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 (Niimi, proverb, you, moth eyebrow), 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:pg8128:4:93 # text = “Well,” he said, “I was reminded of a queer Buddhist story by the proverb that you asked me to explain,—_The silkworm-moth eyebrow of a woman is the axe that cuts down the wisdom of man. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 reminded remind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 queer queer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 Buddhist Buddhist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 proverb proverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 silkworm silkworm NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 moth moth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 eyebrow eyebrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 cuts cut VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 down down ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Niimi | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **remind** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · passive | the proverb | Niimi | | | | of a queer Buddhist story | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of story=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | you | the proverb | Niimi | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the proverb *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the moth eyebrow of a woman | the axe | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cut down** *in a quote* | present | the axe | the wisdom of man | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wisdom=Product | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/94/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/)