--- title: The sculptures may be less common; but in Tōkyō alone there are a nu… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The sculptures may be less common; but in Tōkyō alone there are a number of _Butsu-soku-séki_, or “Buddha-foot stones,” which I have seen,—and probably several which I have not seen. Who acts: sculptures, number. 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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 (sculptures, number), 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:pg8128:8:16 # text = The sculptures may be less common; but in Tōkyō alone there are a number of _Butsu-soku-séki_, or “Buddha-foot stones,” which I have seen,—and probably several which I have not seen. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sculptures sculpture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tōkyō Tōkyō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 11 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 17 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Butsu Butsu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 soku soku X FW Foreign=Yes 18 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 séki séki X FW Foreign=Yes 18 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Buddha buddha NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 probably probably ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | the sculptures | | | | | common, less *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | a number of foot stones Butsu | | | Tōkyō; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tōkyō=Location | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | which *nsubj:pass*; I *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | | the sculptures *not said here* | | | | | probably *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **see** | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | which *nsubj:pass*; I *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/16/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)