--- title: You might wander,—as I have done,—into a settlement so poor that you… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: You might wander,—as I have done,—into a settlement so poor that you could not obtain there, for love or money, even a cup of real tea; but I do not believe that you could discover a settlement in which there is nobody capable of making a poem. Who acts: You, I, nobody. 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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 (You, I, nobody), 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:pg8128:9:117 # text = You might wander,—as I have done,—into a settlement so poor that you could not obtain there, for love or money, even a cup of real tea; but I do not believe that you could discover a settlement in which there is nobody capable of making a poem. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 — - PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 — - PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 settlement settlement NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 settlement settlement NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obl _ _ 49 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 50 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 50 nsubj _ _ 52 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 53 of of SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | might | You | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | a settlement | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **obtain** | could | you | | | there | | love or money and a cup of real tea *parataxis* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **believe** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **discover** | could | you | a settlement | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent settlement=Topic | | 6 | **be** | present | nobody | | | a settlement; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 7 | **make** | gerund | nobody *not said here* | a poem | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset poem=Product | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/115/) - next →: [Names of Incense Used., part 8, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/10/1/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/)