Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 122
In his old methods he at once lost confidence.
What happens: lose · To what, where: lost confidence
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: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 methods | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 methods | nmod:poss |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 methods | amod |
| 4 | methods | method | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 confidence | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 confidence | nsubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 confidence | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 lost | advmod |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 confidence | amod |
| 9 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 confidence | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | once property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: 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: «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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