--- title: The reason that the _o-fuda_ has not been taken away is that my wife… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The reason that the _o-fuda_ has not been taken away is that my wife and I are able to live only by the help of Hagiwara Sama, and that we cannot expose him to any danger without bringing misfortune upon ourselves. Who acts: reason, we. 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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 (reason, we), 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:pg8128:7:30 # text = The reason that the _o-fuda_ has not been taken away is that my wife and I are able to live only by the help of Hagiwara Sama, and that we cannot expose him to any danger without bringing misfortune upon ourselves. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 fuda fuda NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 conj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 Hagiwara Hagiwara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Sama Sama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 expose expose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 without without SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 45 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take away** | present · perfect · passive | the reason *not said here* | the fuda \_ | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the reason | | | | | my wife I *nsubj*; able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | the reason *not said here* | | | | | by the help of Hagiwara Sama | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by help=Location | | 4 | **not** **expose** | can | we | \_ | any danger | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to danger=Recipient | | 5 | **bring** | gerund | we *not said here* | misfortune | | | | upon ourselves | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent misfortune=Theme | | 6 | **help** | | | Hagiwara Sama | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/31/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/)