--- title: Concerning the virtue of the representation of the footprints of the… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Concerning the virtue of the representation of the footprints of the Buddha, there is sometimes quoted a text from the _Kwan-butsu-sanmai-kyō_ [“Buddha-dhyâna-samâdhi-sâgara-sûtra”], thus translated for me:—“In that time Shaka [“Sâkyamuni”] lifted up his foot…. 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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: 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:pg8128:8:41 # text = Concerning the virtue of the representation of the footprints of the Buddha, there is sometimes quoted a text from the _Kwan-butsu-sanmai-kyō_ [“Buddha-dhyâna-samâdhi-sâgara-sûtra”], thus translated for me:—“In that time Shaka [“Sâkyamuni”] lifted up his foot…. 1 Concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 footprints footprint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 17 quoted quote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Kwan Kwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 butsu butsu NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 sanmai sanmai X FW Foreign=Yes 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 kyō kyō X FW Foreign=Yes 27 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ _ 31 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Buddha buddha NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 dhyâna dhyâna NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 samâdhi samâdhi NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 sâgara sâgara NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 sûtra sûtra NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 thus thus ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 — - PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 In in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 55 Shaka Shaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 56 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 “ " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Sâkyamuni Sâkyamuni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 58 punct _ _ 61 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 …. .. PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | | the virtue of the representation of the footprints of the Buddha | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus virtue=Experiencer | | 2 | **quote** *speech: other* | present · passive | | a text | | the Kwan butsu; there | | Buddha dhyâna *obl*; sometimes *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: text=Topic | | 3 | **translate** | participle | | Buddha dhyâna *not said here* | | | | for me; thus *property* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **lift up** *in a quote* | past | | Sâkyamuni's foot | | | time | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 5 | **represent** | | | the footprints of the Buddha | | | | | nom representation «cognition 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/41/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)