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title: TAIJO, priest,—being the sixty-sixth chief-priest by succession of t… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: TAIJO, priest,—being the sixty-sixth chief-priest by succession of this temple,—has respectfully composed. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 105

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TAIJO, priest,—being the sixty-sixth chief-priest by succession of this temple,—has respectfully composed.

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**What happens:** be, compose · **To what, where:** sixth chief priest, TAIJO

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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: 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:pg8128:8:106
# text = TAIJO, priest,—being the sixty-sixth chief-priest by succession of this temple,—has respectfully composed.
1	TAIJO	TAIJO	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
8	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | the sixth chief priest |  |  |  | by succession of this temple | tree rules |
| 2 | **compose** | present · perfect · passive |  | TAIJO |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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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