Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, A Story of the War, sentence 2

In the first place, her brother, John Huntingdon, had become a citizen of Georgia--having astonished his acquaintances by marrying a young lady, the male members of whose family had achieved considerable distinction in the Confederate army; in the second place, she was anxious to explore a region which she almost unconsciously pictured to herself as remote and semi- barbarous; and, in the third place, her friends had persuaded her that to some extent she was an invalid.

Who acts: Vermont, friends, Georgia · What happens: become, astonish, marry, achieve, be, explore · To what, where: citizen, first place, acquaintances, young lady, region, Vermont

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, A Story of the War. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vermont, friends, Georgia), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 place	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 place	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 place	amod
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 brother	punct
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 place	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 John	punct
9	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 brother	appos
10	Huntingdon	Huntingdon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 John	flat
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 place	punct
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 become	aux
13	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 citizen	det
15	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	xcomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Georgia	case
17	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 citizen	nmod
18	--	--	PUNCT	_	20 astonished	punct
19	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 astonished	aux
20	astonished	astonish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 become	conj
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 acquaintances	nmod:poss
22	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 astonished	obj
23	by	by	SCONJ	_	24 marrying	mark
24	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 astonished	advcl
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 lady	det
26	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lady	amod
27	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 achieved	nsubj:pass
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 members	punct
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 members	det
30	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 members	amod
31	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 lady	nmod
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 family	case
33	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	34 family	nmod:poss
34	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 members	nmod
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 achieved	aux
36	achieved	achieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 marrying	ccomp
37	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 distinction	amod
38	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 achieved	obj
39	in	in	ADP	_	42 army	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 army	det
41	Confederate	Confederate	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 army	compound
42	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 distinction	nmod
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 place	punct
44	in	in	ADP	_	47 place	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 place	det
46	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	47 place	amod
47	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	parataxis
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 anxious	punct
49	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 anxious	nsubj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 anxious	cop
51	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 place	amod
52	to	to	PART	_	53 explore	mark
53	explore	explore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 anxious	advcl
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 region	det
55	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 explore	obj
56	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 pictured	nsubj:pass
57	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 pictured	nsubj
58	almost	almost	ADV	_	59 unconsciously	advmod
59	unconsciously	unconsciously	ADV	_	60 pictured	advmod
60	pictured	picture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 region	acl:relcl
61	to	to	ADP	_	62 herself	case
62	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	60 pictured	obl
63	as	as	ADP	_	64 remote	case
64	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 pictured	obl
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 barbarous	cc
66	semi	semi	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 barbarous	amod
67	-	-	PUNCT	_	66 semi	punct
68	barbarous	barbarous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 remote	conj
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	75 place	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 place	cc
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 place	punct
72	in	in	ADP	_	75 place	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 place	det
74	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	75 place	amod
75	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 place	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 persuaded	punct
77	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 friends	nmod:poss
78	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 persuaded	nsubj
79	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 persuaded	aux
80	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 place	parataxis
81	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 persuaded	obj
82	that	that	SCONJ	_	89 invalid	mark
83	to	to	ADP	_	85 extent	case
84	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	85 extent	det
85	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 invalid	obl
86	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 invalid	nsubj
87	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 invalid	cop
88	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 invalid	det
89	invalid	invalid	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 persuaded	advcl
90	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 become	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	become	past · perfect		a citizen of Georgia		in the first place and Vermont's brother result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Result
2	astonish	gerund · perfect		Georgia's acquaintances			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus acquaintance=Experiencer
3	marry	gerund					tree rules
4	achieve	past · perfect · passive		a young lady the male members of the male members of family's family			tree rules
5	is	past	Vermont			anxious property	tree rules
6	explore	to-infinitive	Vermont not said here	a region			vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent region=Location
7	picture	participle · passive		a region	Vermont	as remote; unconsciously property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as remote=Attribute
8	persuade	past · perfect	Vermont's friends	Vermont			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
9	is a	past	Vermont	a invalid		to some extent	tree rules
10	acquaint		Georgia				nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=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: «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Project Gutenberg book 2306 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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