--- title: One was a common tomb, such as might have been erected for a person… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: One was a common tomb, such as might have been erected for a person of humble rank: the other was a large and handsome monument; and hanging before it was a beautiful peony-lantern, which had probably been left there at the time of the Festival of the Dead. Who acts: One, person. 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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 (One, person), 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:pg8128:6:53 # text = One was a common tomb, such as might have been erected for a person of humble rank: the other was a large and handsome monument; and hanging before it was a beautiful peony-lantern, which had probably been left there at the time of the Festival of the Dead. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 erected erect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 27 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 30 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 peony peony NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 probably probably ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 45 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Festival Festival PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Dead Dead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | One | a common tomb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **erect** | might · perfect · passive | One *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **is a** | past | a person of humble rank | a large monument | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | person | a beautiful peony lantern | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | a beautiful peony lantern | | there | time | probably *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/54/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/6/)