--- title: Moreover, there is a text in the book called _Hō-Kai-Shidai_ that le… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover, there is a text in the book called _Hō-Kai-Shidai_ that lends support to this supposition:—“The sole of the foot of the Buddha is flat,—like the base of a toilet-stand…. Who acts: text, Hō, _, sole. 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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 (text, Hō, \_, sole), 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:pg8128:8:53 # text = Moreover, there is a text in the book called _Hō-Kai-Shidai_ that lends support to this supposition:—“The sole of the foot of the Buddha is flat,—like the base of a toilet-stand…. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Hō Hō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Shidai Shidai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lends lend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 supposition supposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sole sole NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 like like ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 …. .. PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a text in the book | | | there | | moreover *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | the book *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **\_** | | Hō | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lend** | present | \_ | support | this supposition | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent support=Theme to supposition=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the sole of the foot of the Buddha | | | | | the base of a toilet stand *conj*; flat *property* | tree rules | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/53/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)