--- title: My friend asked me whether the story had interested me; and I answer… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: My friend asked me whether the story had interested me; and I answered by telling him that I wanted to go to the cemetery of Shin-Banzui-In,—so as to realize more definitely the local color of the author’s studies. Who acts: friend, story, I, author. 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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 (friend, story, I, author), 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:pg8128:7:105 # text = My friend asked me whether the story had interested me; and I answered by telling him that I wanted to go to the cemetery of Shin-Banzui-In,—so as to realize more definitely the local color of the author’s studies. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 by by SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cemetery cemetery NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Shin Shin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Banzui Banzui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 In in ADP IN _ 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 — - PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 realize realize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 definitely definitely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 studies study NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | My friend | | me | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | past | the story | | | | | interested *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | story | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **want** | past | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the cemetery | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cemetery=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **realize** | to-infinitive | My friend *not said here* | the local color of the author's studies | | | | definitely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer color=Stimulus | | 8 | **study** | | the author | | | | | | nom study «act transitive»: poss=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/105/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/)