--- title: Loathe the name as we may, we are cannibals;—all being essentially i… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: Loathe the name as we may, we are cannibals;—all being essentially is One; and whether we eat the flesh of a plant, a fish, a reptile, a bird, a mammal, or a man, the ultimate fact is the same. Who acts: you, we, all, ultimate fact. 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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, we, all, ultimate fact), 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:pg8128:9:53 # text = Loathe the name as we may, we are cannibals;—all being essentially is One; and whether we eat the flesh of a plant, a fish, a reptile, a bird, a mammal, or a man, the ultimate fact is the same. 1 Loathe loathe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 cannibals cannibal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nsubj _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 15 essentially essentially ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 reptile reptile NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mammal mammal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 ultimate ultimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loathe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the name | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | may | we | cannibals | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | gerund | all | One | | | | essentially *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **eat** | present | we | the flesh of a plant | | | | a man *obl*; a fish and a reptile and a bird and a mammal *parataxis* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | the ultimate fact | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/54/) - ↑ back to [Names of Incense Used., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/9/)