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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 5, sentence 74

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He suspected Tomozō of the theft; but the whole occurrence was so very extraordinary that he thought it prudent to consult with the priest Ryōseki before taking further action.

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**Who acts:** image, whole occurrence · **What happens:** suspect, be, think, consult, take · **To what, where:** Tomozō, occurrence, further action

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (image, whole occurrence), 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:pg8128:7:74
# text = He suspected Tomozō of the theft; but the whole occurrence was so very extraordinary that he thought it prudent to consult with the priest Ryōseki before taking further action.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suspected	suspect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Tomozō	Tomozō	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	consult	consult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	Ryōseki	Ryōseki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
27	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
29	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suspect** | past | image | Tomozō |  |  |  | of the theft | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tomozō=Theme of theft=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | the whole occurrence |  |  |  |  | extraordinary *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | image | occurrence |  |  |  | prudent *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 4 | **consult** | to-infinitive | image *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the priest | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with priest=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **take** | gerund | image *not said here* | further action |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=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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