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title: All that he could do was to send Shinzaburō to the high-priest Ryōse… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: All that he could do was to send Shinzaburō to the high-priest Ryōseki, of Shin-Banzui-In, with a letter praying for immediate religious help. Who acts: letter. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every cl
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 65

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All that he could do was to send Shinzaburō to the high-priest Ryōseki, of Shin-Banzui-In, with a letter praying for immediate religious help.

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**Who acts:** letter · **What happens:** be, pray

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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 (letter), 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:pg8128:6:66
# text = All that he could do was to send Shinzaburō to the high-priest Ryōseki, of Shin-Banzui-In, with a letter praying for immediate religious help.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Shinzaburō	Shinzaburō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	Ryōseki	Ryōseki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Shin	Shin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Banzui	Banzui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	In	in	ADP	IN	_	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
27	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	acl	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | to the high priest; of Shin and Banzui; Shinzaburō *obj*; a letter *parataxis*; send *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pray** | gerund | a letter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for immediate religious help | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for help=Theme |

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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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