--- title: _O-fuda_ are pasted above house-entrances, on the walls of rooms, up… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: _O-fuda_ are pasted above house-entrances, on the walls of rooms, upon tablets placed in household shrines, etc., etc. Some kinds are worn about the person;—others are made into pellets, and swallowed as spiritual medicine. Who acts: etc.. 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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 (etc.), 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:pg8128:6:101 # text = _O-fuda_ are pasted above house-entrances, on the walls of rooms, upon tablets placed in household shrines, etc., etc. Some kinds are worn about the person;—others are made into pellets, and swallowed as spiritual medicine. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fuda fuda NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 pasted paste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 above above ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 entrances entrance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 tablets tablet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 21 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 shrines shrine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 7 parataxis _ _ 29 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 pellets pellet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 spiritual spiritual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paste** | present · passive | | fuda \_ | | house entrances | | on the walls of rooms; upon tablets; etc. *parataxis* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient on wall=Co-Patient | | 2 | **place** | participle | | tablets *not said here* | | household shrines and etc. | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shrine=Destination | | 3 | **wear** | present · passive | etc. *not said here* | some kinds | | | | about the person | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 4 | **make** | present · passive | | others | | pellets | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into pellet=Product | | 5 | **swallow** | participle | | | | | | spiritual medicine *obl:agent* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/101/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/)