Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, sentence 1

THE notable difference existing between the negroes in the interior of the cotton States and those on the seaboard--a difference that extends to habits and opinions as well as to dialect--has given rise to certain ineradicable prejudices which are quick to display themselves whenever an opportunity offers.

Who acts: notable difference, difference, certain ineradicable prejudices, opportunity · What happens: exist, extend, give, rise, be, display · To what, where: negroes, habits, notable difference, certain ineradicable prejudices, prejudices

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (notable difference, difference, certain ineradicable prejudices, opportunity), 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	THE	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 difference	det
2	notable	notable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 difference	amod
3	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 given	nsubj:pass
4	existing	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 difference	acl
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 negroes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 negroes	det
7	negroes	negro	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 existing	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 interior	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 interior	det
10	interior	interior	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 negroes	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 States	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 States	det
13	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 States	compound
14	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 interior	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 those	cc
16	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 interior	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 seaboard	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 seaboard	det
19	seaboard	seaboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 those	nmod
20	--	--	PUNCT	_	22 difference	punct
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 difference	det
22	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 interior	conj
23	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 extends	nsubj
24	extends	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 difference	acl:relcl
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 habits	case
26	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 extends	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 opinions	cc
28	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 habits	conj
29	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	33 dialect	cc
30	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	29 as	fixed
31	as	as	ADP	_	29 as	fixed
32	to	to	ADP	_	29 as	fixed
33	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 extends	conj
34	--	--	PUNCT	_	3 difference	punct
35	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 given	aux
36	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
37	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 given	xcomp
38	to	to	ADP	_	41 prejudices	case
39	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 prejudices	amod
40	ineradicable	ineradicable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 prejudices	amod
41	prejudices	prejudice	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 rise	obl
42	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 quick	nsubj
43	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 quick	cop
44	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 prejudices	acl:relcl
45	to	to	PART	_	46 display	mark
46	display	display	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 quick	xcomp
47	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	46 display	obj
48	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	46 display	advmod
49	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 opportunity	det
50	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 offers	nsubj
51	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 whenever	advcl:relcl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	36 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	exist	gerund	the notable difference not said here			the negroes in the interior of the cotton States and a difference		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between negro=Location
2	extend	present	a difference		habits and opinions			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to habit=Recipient
3	give	present · perfect · passive		the notable difference				tree rules
4	rise	infinitive				certain ineradicable prejudices		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prejudice=Initial_Location
5	is	present	certain ineradicable prejudices				quick property	tree rules
6	display	to-infinitive	certain ineradicable prejudices not said here	prejudices = prejudice			whenever property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
7	offer	present	a opportunity					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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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