--- title: “I have studied the _In-Yō_,[17] and the science of divination; and… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: “I have studied the _In-Yō_,[17] and the science of divination; and I make my living by telling peoples’ fortunes;—but I cannot possibly understand how you know these things.” Who acts: Yusai, you, my. 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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 (Yusai, you, my), 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:pg8128:7:93 # text = “I have studied the _In-Yō_,[17] and the science of divination; and I make my living by telling peoples’ fortunes;—but I cannot possibly understand how you know these things.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 In in ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Yō Yō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 by by SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 39 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **study** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Yusai | the \_ | | Yō | | 17 and the science of divination *obl* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent \_=Topic | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Yusai | my living | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Product | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | Yusai *not said here* | peoples's fortunes | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fortune=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **understand** *in a quote* | can | Yusai | | | | | possibly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | this things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom living «cognition intransitive»: 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/94/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/7/)