--- title: So he took Nanda to a wild place in the mountains where there were a… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: So he took Nanda to a wild place in the mountains where there were apes, and showed him a very ugly female ape, and asked him: ‘Which is the more beautiful, Nanda, —the woman that you love, or this female ape?’ Who acts: Shaka, you. 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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 (Shaka, you), 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:pg8128:4:97 # text = So he took Nanda to a wild place in the mountains where there were apes, and showed him a very ugly female ape, and asked him: ‘Which is the more beautiful, Nanda, —the woman that you love, or this female ape?’ 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Nanda Nanda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 apes ape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 ape ape NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Nanda Nanda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 ape ape NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Shaka | Nanda | | a wild place in the mountains | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent nanda=Theme to place=Destination | | 2 | **show** | past | Shaka *not said here* | a ugly female ape | Shaka | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ape=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Shaka *not said here* | | Shaka | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | Nanda *obl*; this female ape *obl*; Which *nsubj*; the woman *parataxis*; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **love** | present | you | the woman | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/98/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/4/)