Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 113

A pint of blood to reduce the pulse, then ten grains of calomel, followed in the morning by half a teacup of castor-oil containing three or four drops of turpentine to impart additional potency to the dose, and finally snake-root tea to brace up the halting system, constituted the practice in vogue in cases of ordinary fever.

Who acts: pint, castor oil, halting system · What happens: reduce, follow, contain, impart, brace up, constitute · To what, where: pulse, ten grains, three drops, additional potency, halting system, practice

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pint, castor oil, halting system), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pint	det
2	pint	pint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduce	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 blood	case
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pint	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reduce	mark
6	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pulse	det
8	pulse	pulse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduce	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grains	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 grains	advmod
11	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 grains	nummod
12	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reduce	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 calomel	case
14	calomel	calomel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grains	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 followed	punct
16	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 grains	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 morning	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 morning	det
19	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 followed	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 teacup	case
21	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	23 teacup	det:predet
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 teacup	det
23	teacup	teacup	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 followed	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 oil	case
25	castor	castor	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 oil	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 castor	punct
27	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 teacup	nmod
28	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 oil	acl
29	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	32 drops	nummod
30	or	or	CCONJ	_	31 four	cc
31	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	29 three	conj
32	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 containing	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 turpentine	case
34	turpentine	turpentine	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 drops	nmod
35	to	to	PART	_	36 impart	mark
36	impart	impart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 containing	advcl
37	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 potency	amod
38	potency	potency	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 impart	obj
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 dose	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 dose	det
41	dose	dose	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 impart	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 tea	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 tea	cc
44	finally	finally	ADV	_	48 tea	advmod
45	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tea	compound
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 snake	punct
47	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 tea	compound
48	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduce	parataxis
49	to	to	PART	_	50 brace	mark
50	brace	brace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 tea	acl
51	up	up	ADP	_	50 brace	compound:prt
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 system	det
53	halting	halting	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 system	compound
54	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 brace	obj
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 constituted	punct
56	constituted	constitute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 system	acl
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 practice	det
58	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 constituted	obj
59	in	in	ADP	_	60 vogue	case
60	vogue	vogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 constituted	obl
61	in	in	ADP	_	62 cases	case
62	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 constituted	obl
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 fever	case
64	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 fever	amod
65	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 cases	nmod
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reduce	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	to-infinitive	a pint of blood	the pulse			ten grains of calomel obl; snake root tea parataxis	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer pulse=Patient
2	follow	participle		ten grains of calomel not said here		morning	by half teacup of castor oil	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by teacup=Location
3	contain	gerund	castor oil not said here	three drops of turpentine				vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot drop=Theme
4	impart	to-infinitive	castor oil not said here	additional potency			to the dose	tree rules
5	brace up	to-infinitive	a pint of blood not said here	the halting system				tree rules
6	constitute	participle	the halting system not said here	the practice	vogue		in cases of ordinary fever	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme practice=Pivot

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 12, sentence 113

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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 113