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title: —The Fifth Month of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji, all the priests of… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: —The Fifth Month of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji, all the priests of this temple made and set up this pedestal-stone, bearing the likeness of the footprints of the Buddha, and placed the same within the main court of Dentsu-In, in order that the seed of holy enlightenment might be sown for future ti
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 104

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—The Fifth Month of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji, all the priests of this temple made and set up this pedestal-stone, bearing the likeness of the footprints of the Buddha, and placed the same within the main court of Dentsu-In, in order that the seed of holy enlightenment might be sown for future time, and for the sake of the advancement of Buddhism.

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**Who acts:** priests, order · **What happens:** make, set up, bear, place, sow, advance · **To what, where:** Fifth Month, pedestal stone, likeness, same, order, seed

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This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (priests, order), 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:pg8128:8:105
# text = —The Fifth Month of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji, all the priests of this temple made and set up this pedestal-stone, bearing the likeness of the footprints of the Buddha, and placed the same within the main court of Dentsu-In, in order that the seed of holy enlightenment might be sown for future time, and for the sake of the advancement of Buddhism.
1	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Month	Month	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Eighteenth	Eighteenth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Meiji	Meiji	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	det	_	_
23	pedestal	pedestal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	likeness	likeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	obj	_	_
41	within	within	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Dentsu	Dentsu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	In	in	ADP	IN	_	44	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj:pass	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	enlightenment	enlightenment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
58	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
59	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	aux:pass	_	_
60	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	acl	_	_
61	for	for	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	advancement	advancement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
72	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | all priests of this temple | the Fifth Month |  |  | of the Eighteenth Year of Meiji | for the sake of the advancement of Buddhism | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for sake=Asset |
| 2 | **set up** | infinitive | all priests of this temple *not said here* | this pedestal stone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient stone=Result |
| 3 | **bear** | gerund | all priests of this temple *not said here* | the likeness of the footprints of the Buddha |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent likeness=Patient |
| 4 | **place** | past | all priests of this temple *not said here* | the same |  | order |  | within the main court | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent same=Theme in order=Destination |
| 5 | **sow** | might · passive | order *not said here* | the seed of holy enlightenment |  |  | time |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **advance** |  |  | Buddhism |  |  |  |  | nom advancement «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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