Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 100
Once persuaded of the fact that he had been thus conjured, the patient became possessed of superstitious fears, and often complained of bodily “miseries,” which apparently defied the power of the healing art, and were wholly dissipated only when some atonement was made for the alleged wrong, or payment offered to have the spell broken through the intervention of the conjurer who had devised it.
Who acts: miseries, conjurer · What happens: persuade, conjure, possess, complain, defy, dissipate · To what, where: enmity, patient, power, atonement, payment, spell
This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (miseries, conjurer), 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 | Once | once | SCONJ | _ | 2 persuaded | mark |
| 2 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 possessed | advcl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fact | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fact | det |
| 5 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 persuaded | obl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 conjured | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 conjured | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 conjured | aux |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 conjured | aux:pass |
| 10 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 11 conjured | advmod |
| 11 | conjured | conjure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fact | acl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 persuaded | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 patient | det |
| 14 | patient | patient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 possessed | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 possessed | aux:pass |
| 16 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 fears | case |
| 18 | superstitious | superstitious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 fears | amod |
| 19 | fears | fear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 possessed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 complained | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 complained | cc |
| 22 | often | often | ADV | _ | 23 complained | advmod |
| 23 | complained | complain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 possessed | parataxis |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 miseries | case |
| 25 | bodily | bodily | ADV | _ | 27 miseries | advmod |
| 26 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 miseries | punct |
| 27 | miseries | misery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 complained | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 miseries | punct |
| 29 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 miseries | punct |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 defied | nsubj |
| 31 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 32 defied | advmod |
| 32 | defied | defy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 miseries | acl:relcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 power | det |
| 34 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 defied | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 art | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 art | det |
| 37 | healing | healing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 art | compound |
| 38 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 power | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 dissipated | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 dissipated | cc |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 dissipated | aux:pass |
| 42 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 43 dissipated | advmod |
| 43 | dissipated | dissipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 complained | conj |
| 44 | only | only | ADV | _ | 43 dissipated | advmod |
| 45 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 49 made | mark |
| 46 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 47 atonement | det |
| 47 | atonement | atonement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 made | aux:pass |
| 49 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 dissipated | advcl |
| 50 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 53 wrong | mark |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 wrong | det |
| 52 | alleged | allege | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 wrong | amod |
| 53 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 made | xcomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 payment | punct |
| 55 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 56 payment | cc |
| 56 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | parataxis |
| 57 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 payment | acl |
| 58 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 have | mark |
| 59 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 offered | advcl |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 spell | det |
| 61 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 have | obj |
| 62 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 spell | acl |
| 63 | through | through | ADP | _ | 65 intervention | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 intervention | det |
| 65 | intervention | intervention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 broken | obl |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 conjurer | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 conjurer | det |
| 68 | conjurer | conjurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 intervention | nmod |
| 69 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 71 devised | nsubj |
| 70 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 devised | aux |
| 71 | devised | devise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 68 conjurer | acl:relcl |
| 72 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 devised | obj |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 possessed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuade | participle | of the fact | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | conjure | past · perfect · passive | enmity | thus property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 3 | possess | past · passive | the patient | of superstitious fears | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | complain speech: other | participle | of miseries; often property | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | defy | past | miseries | the power of the healing art | apparently property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | dissipate | past · passive | wholly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | |||||
| 7 | make | past · passive | some atonement | payment parataxis; wrong property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 8 | allege speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | offer | participle | payment not said here | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | have | to-infinitive | the spell | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient | |||||
| 11 | break | participle | the spell not said here | the intervention of the conjurer | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through intervention=Location | ||||
| 12 | devise | past · perfect | the conjurer | spell | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 13 | intervene | the conjurer | nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=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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