Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 127

The old man’s services were frequently called into requisition, and his reputation so increased that numbers from adjacent plantations sought and obtained relief at his hands.

Who acts: reputation, numbers, old man, man · What happens: call, increase, seek, obtain, service, repute · To what, where: services, requisition, relief, hands · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (reputation, numbers, old man, man), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 services	nmod:poss
4	’s	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 called	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 called	aux:pass
7	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	8 called	advmod
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 requisition	case
10	requisition	requisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 increased	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 increased	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 reputation	nmod:poss
14	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 increased	nsubj
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 increased	advmod
16	increased	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 called	conj
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 sought	mark
18	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 sought	nsubj
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 plantations	case
20	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 plantations	amod
21	plantations	plantation	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 numbers	nmod
22	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 increased	advcl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 obtained	cc
24	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 sought	conj
25	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 obtained	obj
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 hands	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 hands	nmod:poss
28	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 obtained	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		the old man's services	requisition	frequently property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic into requisition=Recipient
2	increase	past	man's reputation				vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	seek	past	numbers from adjacent plantations				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	obtain	past	numbers from adjacent plantations not said here	relief	reputation's hands		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset relief=Theme
5	service		the old man				nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent
6	repute		man				nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=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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🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 127

The tree

Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 127