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title: Around the footprints there are carved (in most of the examples) twe… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Around the footprints there are carved (in most of the examples) twelve little bunches of leaves and buds of the _Bodai-jū_ (“Bodhidruma”), or Bodhi-tree of Buddhist legend. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6, with its dependency tree and the pragmatic
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 19

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Around the footprints there are carved (in most of the examples) twelve little bunches of leaves and buds of the \_Bodai-jū\_ (“Bodhidruma”), or Bodhi-tree of Buddhist legend.

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**What happens:** carve · **To what, where:** twelve little bunches, footprints

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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:pg8128:8:20
# text = Around the footprints there are carved (in most of the examples) twelve little bunches of leaves and buds of the _Bodai-jū_ (“Bodhidruma”), or Bodhi-tree of Buddhist legend.
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	examples	example	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
14	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bunches	bunch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	buds	bud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
23	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Bodai	Bodai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	jū	jū	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	30	punct	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Bodhidruma	Bodhidruma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	Bodhi	Bodhi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | present · passive |  | twelve little bunches of leaves and buds of the Bodai jū |  | the footprints; there |  | of the most examples; Bodhi tree of Buddhist legend *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |

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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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