Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 123
Application was made to his master for the immediate purchase of certain designated lancets, and for pairs of forceps, both straight and curved.
What happens: make, designate, curve, purchase · To what, where: Application, certain designated lancets
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 | Application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 master | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 master | nmod:poss |
| 6 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 purchase | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 purchase | det |
| 9 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 purchase | amod |
| 10 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 master | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 lancets | case |
| 12 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lancets | amod |
| 13 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 lancets | amod |
| 14 | lancets | lancet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 purchase | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 curved | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 curved | cc |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 pairs | case |
| 18 | pairs | pair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 curved | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 forceps | case |
| 20 | forceps | forceps | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 pairs | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 curved | punct |
| 22 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 25 curved | cc:preconj |
| 23 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 25 curved | advmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 curved | cc |
| 25 | curved | curve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 made | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | Application | to ingenuity's master for the immediate purchase of certain designated lancets | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | designate | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | curve | participle | for pairs of forceps; straight property | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | |||||
| 4 | purchase | certain designated lancets | nom purchase «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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