--- title: The explanation of the Seven Appearances which is given by the _Shō-… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The explanation of the Seven Appearances which is given by the _Shō-Ekō-Hō-Kwan_ cannot be called satisfactory; but it is not without interest in relation to Japanese popular Buddhism. Who acts: _, explanation, Seven Appearances. 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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 (\_, explanation, Seven Appearances), 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:pg8128:8:58 # text = The explanation of the Seven Appearances which is given by the _Shō-Ekō-Hō-Kwan_ cannot be called satisfactory; but it is not without interest in relation to Japanese popular Buddhism. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 Appearances Appearance PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Shō Shō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Ekō Ekō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Hō Hō PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Kwan Kwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 25 satisfactory satisfactory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 without without ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 Japanese Japanese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Buddhism Buddhism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | the \_ Shō and Ekō and Hō and Kwan | the explanation of the Seven Appearances | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **call** | can · passive | | the explanation of the Seven Appearances | | | | satisfactory *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | explanation | | Japanese popular Buddhism | relation | | without interest | tree rules | | 4 | **explain** | | the Seven Appearances | | | | | | nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/58/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)