--- title: But as soon as he found himself again able to think clearly, he insc… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: But as soon as he found himself again able to think clearly, he inscribed the dead girl’s name upon a mortuary tablet, and placed the tablet in the Buddhist shrine of his house, and set offerings before it, and recited prayers. Who acts: Shinzaburō, dead girl. 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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 (Shinzaburō, dead girl), 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:pg8128:5:63 # text = But as soon as he found himself again able to think clearly, he inscribed the dead girl’s name upon a mortuary tablet, and placed the tablet in the Buddhist shrine of his house, and set offerings before it, and recited prayers. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 inscribed inscribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 mortuary mortuary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Buddhist buddhist ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 recited recite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 46 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Shinzaburō | Shinzaburō | | | | able, soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Shinzaburō *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inscribe** | past | Shinzaburō | the dead girl's name | | a mortuary tablet | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme upon tablet=Destination | | 4 | **place** | past | Shinzaburō *not said here* | the tablet | | the Buddhist shrine of Shinzaburō's house | | set offerings before house *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme in shrine=Destination | | 5 | **recite** | past | Shinzaburō *not said here* | prayers | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme | | 6 | **name** | | the dead girl | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/63/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/5/)