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title: Why, the simple fact that you long supposed O-Tsuyu to be dead, and… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Why, the simple fact that you long supposed O-Tsuyu to be dead, and repeated the _Nembutsu_ for her, and made offerings before her tablet, is itself the proof!… Who acts: you. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4, with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 38

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Why, the simple fact that you long supposed O-Tsuyu to be dead, and repeated the \_Nembutsu\_ for her, and made offerings before her tablet, is itself the proof!…

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** long, suppose, be, repeat, make · **To what, where:** simple fact, Nembutsu, offerings, proof

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8128:6:38
# text = Why, the simple fact that you long supposed O-Tsuyu to be dead, and repeated the _Nembutsu_ for her, and made offerings before her tablet, is itself the proof!…
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	long	long	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	_
9	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	advcl	_	_
10	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Tsuyu	Tsuyu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	Nembutsu	Nembutsu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	21	punct	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
28	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
29	before	before	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
34	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	36	obl:unmarked	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **long** | present | you | the simple fact *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle · passive |  | the simple fact |  |  |  | of Tsuyu | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **repeat** | past |  | the Nembutsu |  |  |  | for Tsuyu | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nembutsu=Eventuality |
| 5 | **make** | past |  | offerings |  |  | before Tsuyu's tablet |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset offering=Product |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | the proof |  |  |  | fact *obl:unmarked* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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