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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 (HO, Buddha, light), 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:pg8128:8:93 # text = The HO-KO-HON-NYO-KYO says:—“In that time, from beneath his feet, the Buddha radiated a light having the appearance of a wheel of a thousand spokes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 HO HO PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 KO KO PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 HON HON PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 NYO NYO PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 KYO KYO PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 In in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 radiated radiate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 spokes spoke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the HO and KO and HON | | | | time | NYO and KYO *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **radiate** *in a quote* | past | the Buddha | a light | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location light=Source | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | a light *not said here* | the appearance of a wheel of thousand spokes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/93/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/8/)