--- title: In the _Butsu-soku-séki_-tracings, the corresponding figures suggest… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: In the _Butsu-soku-séki_-tracings, the corresponding figures suggest the “flower-like design” mentioned in the tradition of the Maghada stone; while the symbols in the book-print suggest fire. Who acts: corresponding figures, symbols. 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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 (corresponding figures, symbols), 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:pg8128:8:51 # text = In the _Butsu-soku-séki_-tracings, the corresponding figures suggest the “flower-like design” mentioned in the tradition of the Maghada stone; while the symbols in the book-print suggest fire. 1 In in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 3 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Butsu Butsu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 soku soku X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 séki séki X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 tracings tracing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 corresponding correspond VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 suggest suggest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Maghada Maghada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 symbols symbol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 print print NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 41 suggest suggest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 42 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **correspond** | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | the corresponding figures | the like design | | the tracings Butsu | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent design=Topic | | 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | participle | | the like design *not said here* | | the tradition of the Maghada stone | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | the symbols in the book print | fire | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fire=Topic | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/51/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)