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title: Even thus, of old, Milinda the king followed the way to the house of… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Even thus, of old, Milinda the king followed the way to the house of Nagasena,—at first only to question, after the subtle method of the Greeks; yet, later, to accept with noble reverence the nobler method of the Master. Who acts: king. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of In
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 115

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Even thus, of old, Milinda the king followed the way to the house of Nagasena,—at first only to question, after the subtle method of the Greeks; yet, later, to accept with noble reverence the nobler method of the Master.

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**Who acts:** king · **What happens:** follow, question, accept · **To what, where:** way, house, nobler method

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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 (king), 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:pg8128:8:116
# text = Even thus, of old, Milinda the king followed the way to the house of Nagasena,—at first only to question, after the subtle method of the Greeks; yet, later, to accept with noble reverence the nobler method of the Master.
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Milinda	Milinda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Nagasena	Nagasena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	obl	_	_
22	only	only	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	question	question	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	after	after	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	subtle	subtle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	parataxis	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
34	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
36	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	reverence	reverence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	nobler	noble	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	45	amod	_	_
45	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | the king | the way |  | the house of Nagasena |  | thus *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme to house=Trajectory |
| 2 | **question** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | the subtle method of the Greeks *parataxis* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accept** | to-infinitive |  | the nobler method of the Master |  |  | yet | with noble reverence; late *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=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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