--- title: This weird play, of which the scenes are laid in the middle of the l… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: This weird play, of which the scenes are laid in the middle of the last century, is the dramatization of a romance by the novelist Encho, written in colloquial Japanese, and purely Japanese in local color, though inspired by a Chinese tale. Who acts: This, weird play, novelist. 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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 (This, weird play, novelist), 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:pg8128:5:3 # text = This weird play, of which the scenes are laid in the middle of the last century, is the dramatization of a romance by the novelist Encho, written in colloquial Japanese, and purely Japanese in local color, though inspired by a Chinese tale. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dramatization dramatization NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 romance romance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 novelist novelist NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 Encho Encho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 colloquial colloquial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 purely purely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 inspired inspire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | | This | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lay** | present · passive | | the scenes | | the middle of the last century | | of weird play | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in middle=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | present | weird play | the dramatization | | | | of a romance by the novelist | tree rules | | 4 | **write** | participle | | the dramatization *not said here* | | colloquial Japanese | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in japanese=Destination | | 5 | **inspire** | participle | | | | | | by a Chinese tale | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **romance** | | the novelist | | | | | | nom romance «state intransitive»: by=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/4/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/)