--- title: On different sides of the structure,—near the top, and placed by rul… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: On different sides of the structure,—near the top, and placed by rule so as to face certain points of the compass,—there are engraved five Sanscrit characters which are symbols of the Five Elemental Buddhas, together with scriptural and commemorative texts. Who acts: five Sanscrit characters. 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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 (five Sanscrit characters), 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:pg8128:8:91 # text = On different sides of the structure,—near the top, and placed by rule so as to face certain points of the compass,—there are engraved five Sanscrit characters which are symbols of the Five Elemental Buddhas, together with scriptural and commemorative texts. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 structure structure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 near near ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 21 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 compass compass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 31 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 Sanscrit Sanscrit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 symbols symbol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 39 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 40 Elemental Elemental PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 41 Buddhas Buddhas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 together together ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 scriptural scriptural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 commemorative commemorative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 48 texts text NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | participle | | the top on different sides of the structure *not said here* | | | | by rule | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by rule=Destination | | 2 | **face** | infinitive | | certain points of the compass | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme point=Destination | | 3 | **engrave** | present · passive | | five Sanscrit characters | | there | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: character=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | present | five Sanscrit characters | symbols | | | | of the Five scriptural texts Elemental | tree rules | | 6 | **point** | | | the compass | | | | | nom point «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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/91/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)