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title: Concerning this Indian original, the following tradition is given in… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics
description: Concerning this Indian original, the following tradition is given in an old Buddhist book:[1]—“In a temple of the province of Makada [_Maghada_] there is a great stone. Who acts: temple. A sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Names of Incense Used., part 6, with its dependency tree and 
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# In Ghostly Japan, Names of Incense Used., part 6, sentence 25

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Concerning this Indian original, the following tradition is given in an old Buddhist book:\[1\]—“In a temple of the province of Makada \[\_Maghada\_\] there is a great stone.

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**Who acts:** temple · **What happens:** concern, follow, give, be · **To what, where:** Indian original, following tradition, old Buddhist book

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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 (temple), 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:pg8128:8:26
# text = Concerning this Indian original, the following tradition is given in an old Buddhist book:[1]—“In a temple of the province of Makada [_Maghada_] there is a great stone.
1	Concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	original	original	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	In	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Makada	Makada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	Maghada	Maghada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	32	punct	_	_
35	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	36	expl	_	_
36	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund |  | this Indian original |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus original=Experiencer |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | present · passive |  | the following tradition |  | a old Buddhist book |  | 1 *flat* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a temple of the province of Makada |  |  | there |  | a great stone *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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