--- title: Moreover he had been able, while his master was at the bath, to stea… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover he had been able, while his master was at the bath, to steal from its case the golden _mamori_, and to substitute for it an image of copper; and he had buried the _Kai-On-Nyōrai_ in a desolate field. Who acts: lamentation, master. 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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 (lamentation, master), 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:pg8128:7:57 # text = Moreover he had been able, while his master was at the bath, to steal from its case the golden _mamori_, and to substitute for it an image of copper; and he had buried the _Kai-On-Nyōrai_ in a desolate field. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 steal steal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 mamori mamori X FW Foreign=Yes 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 substitute substitute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 On on ADP IN _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Nyōrai Nyōrai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 compound _ _ 51 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | lamentation | | | | | able, moreover *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | lamentation's master | | | the bath | | | tree rules | | 3 | **steal** | to-infinitive | | | | master's case | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **substitute** | to-infinitive | | a image of copper | | | | for master | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme image=Location | | 5 | **bury** | past · perfect · passive | | lamentation | | | | the desolate field Kai and Nyōrai *obj* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme field=Destination | | 6 | **desolate** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **image** | | | copper | | | | | nom image «cognition 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/58/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/)