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title: In this instance, the _mamori_ is a very small image, probably enclo… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: In this instance, the _mamori_ is a very small image, probably enclosed in a miniature shrine of lacquer-work or metal, over which a silk cover is drawn. Who acts: mamori _. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 4, with its dependency tree and the pragmatic
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 4, sentence 86

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In this instance, the \_mamori\_ is a very small image, probably enclosed in a miniature shrine of lacquer-work or metal, over which a silk cover is drawn.

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**Who acts:** mamori \_ · **What happens:** be, enclose, draw · **To what, where:** small image, instance, miniature shrine, silk cover

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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 (mamori \_), 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:pg8128:6:87
# text = In this instance, the _mamori_ is a very small image, probably enclosed in a miniature shrine of lacquer-work or metal, over which a silk cover is drawn.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mamori	mamori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	_	_	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	enclosed	enclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	miniature	miniature	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	shrine	shrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
28	over	over	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obl	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the mamori \_ | a small image |  | this instance |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enclose** | participle |  | a small image *not said here* |  | a miniature shrine of lacquer work or metal |  | probably *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **draw** | present · passive |  | a silk cover |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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