--- title: So the priest of Kobudera painted the name of the temple on her left… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: So the priest of Kobudera painted the name of the temple on her left side, in beautiful Chinese text; and the smith put the name of his shop on her right side; and the vegetable-seller put on her breast the ideographs for “eight-hundred,”—which represent the customary abbreviation of the word yaoya --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/137/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/) / 137 # In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 137 So the priest of Kobudera painted the name of the temple on her left side, in beautiful Chinese text; and the smith put the name of his shop on her right side; and the vegetable-seller put on her breast the ideographs for “eight-hundred,”—which represent the customary abbreviation of the word yaoya (vegetable-seller),—any yaoya being supposed to sell eight hundred or more different things. **Who acts:** priest, smith, vegetable seller, customary abbreviation · **What happens:** paint, put, represent, suppose, sell, name · **To what, where:** name, left side, right side, ideographs, breast, customary abbreviation 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 (priest, smith, vegetable seller, customary abbreviation), 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:pg8128:8:138 # text = So the priest of Kobudera painted the name of the temple on her left side, in beautiful Chinese text; and the smith put the name of his shop on her right side; and the vegetable-seller put on her breast the ideographs for “eight-hundred,”—which represent the customary abbreviation of the word yaoya (vegetable-seller),—any yaoya being supposed to sell eight hundred or more different things. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Kobudera Kobudera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 vegetable vegetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 seller seller NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 41 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ideographs ideograph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 — - PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 represent represent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 abbreviation abbreviation NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 yaoya yaoya NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 64 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 vegetable vegetable NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 seller seller NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 — - PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 72 det _ _ 72 yaoya yaoya NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 73 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl:relcl _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 xcomp _ _ 77 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 compound _ _ 78 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 82 nummod _ _ 79 or or CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 78 conj _ _ 81 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past | the priest of Kobudera | the name of the temple | | foreigner's left side | | in beautiful Chinese text | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on side=Destination | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | the smith | the name of smith's shop | | foreigner's right side | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme on side=Destination | | 3 | **put** | participle | the vegetable seller *not said here* | the ideographs | | foreigner's breast | | for eight hundred | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on breast=Destination | | 4 | **represent** | present | | the customary abbreviation of the word yaoya | | | | which *nsubj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot abbreviation=Theme | | 5 | **suppose** | gerund · passive | the customary abbreviation of the word yaoya *not said here* | any yaoya | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **sell** | to-infinitive | the customary abbreviation of the word yaoya *not said here* | hundred different things | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | | the temple | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **name** | | | smith's shop | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **abbreviate** | | | the word yaoya | | | | | nom abbreviation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/138/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)