--- title: The _Sei-Ri-Ron_ says: “Even as the common wheel has its spokes and… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: The _Sei-Ri-Ron_ says: “Even as the common wheel has its spokes and its hub, so in Buddhism there are many branches of the _Hasshi Shōdo_ (‘Eight-fold Path,’ or eight rules of conduct).” Who acts: Sei, common wheel, many branches, conduct. 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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 (Sei, common wheel, many branches, conduct), 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:pg8128:8:86 # text = The _Sei-Ri-Ron_ says: “Even as the common wheel has its spokes and its hub, so in Buddhism there are many branches of the _Hasshi Shōdo_ (‘Eight-fold Path,’ or eight rules of conduct).” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Sei Sei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Ri Ri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Ron Ron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 spokes spoke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hub hub NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Buddhism Buddhism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Hasshi Hasshi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 Shōdo Shōdo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Path Path PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Sei and Ron | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the common wheel | Sei's spokes and Sei's hub | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoke=Patient | | 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | many branches of the Hasshi | | | Buddhism; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in buddhism=Location | | 4 | **rule** *in a quote* | | conduct | | | | | | nom rule «cognition 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/86/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)