Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 1, sentence 18

There is, however, a field, largely untrodden, in which may be found ample opportunity for the exhibition of kindred inquiry and humor.

What happens: be, untrodden, find, exhibit · To what, where: field, ample opportunity, kindred inquiry

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	2 is	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 field	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 untrodden	punct
9	largely	largely	ADV	_	10 untrodden	advmod
10	untrodden	untrodden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 field	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 found	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 found	obl
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 found	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 found	aux:pass
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 untrodden	parataxis
17	ample	ample	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 opportunity	amod
18	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 exhibition	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 exhibition	det
21	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 opportunity	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 inquiry	case
23	kindred	kindred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 inquiry	amod
24	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 exhibition	nmod
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 humor	cc
26	humor	humor	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 inquiry	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present		there	a field conj; however property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	untrodden	participle	a field not said here		largely property	tree rules
3	find	may · passive	ample opportunity		for the exhibition of kindred inquiry and humor; which obl	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: opportunity=Theme for exhibition=Beneficiary
4	exhibit		kindred inquiry and humor			nom exhibition «act transitive»: of=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: «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Project Gutenberg book 76586 (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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🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 1, sentence 18

The tree

Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 1, sentence 18