Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / corpora / tales / Negro myths from the Georgia coast, to… / Opening, part 13 / 100

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

markadvclcasedetoblmarknsubjauxaux:passadvmodaclpunctdetnsubj:passaux:passcaseamodoblpunctccadvmodparataxiscaseadvmodpunctoblpunctpunctnsubjadvmodacl:relcldetobjcasedetcompoundnmodpunctccaux:passadvmodconjadvmodmarkdetnsubj:passaux:passadvclmarkdetamodxcomppunctccparataxisaclmarkadvcldetobjaclcasedetoblcasedetnmodnsubjauxacl:relclobjpunctrootOnceSCONJpersuadedVERBofADPtheDETfactNOUNthatSCONJhePRONhadAUXbeenAUXthusADVconjuredVERB,PUNCTtheDETpatientNOUNbecameVERBpossessedVERBofADPsuperstitiousADJfearsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJoftenADVcomplainedVERBofADPbodilyADV“PUNCTmiseriesNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTwhichPRONapparentlyADVdefiedVERBtheDETpowerNOUNofADPtheDEThealingNOUNartNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwereAUXwhollyADVdissipatedVERBonlyADVwhenSCONJsomeDETatonementNOUNwasAUXmadeVERBforSCONJtheDETallegedVERBwrongADJ,PUNCTorCCONJpaymentNOUNofferedVERBtoPARThaveVERBtheDETspellNOUNbrokenVERBthroughADPtheDETinterventionNOUNofADPtheDETconjurerNOUNwhoPRONhadAUXdevisedVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnceonceSCONJ_2 persuadedmark
2persuadedpersuadeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 possessedadvcl
3ofofADP_5 factcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 factdet
5factfactNOUNNumber=Sing2 persuadedobl
6thatthatSCONJ_11 conjuredmark
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 conjurednsubj
8hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 conjuredaux
9beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 conjuredaux:pass
10thusthusADV_11 conjuredadvmod
11conjuredconjureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 factacl
12,,PUNCT_2 persuadedpunct
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 patientdet
14patientpatientNOUNNumber=Sing16 possessednsubj:pass
15becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 possessedaux:pass
16possessedpossessVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
17ofofADP_19 fearscase
18superstitioussuperstitiousADJDegree=Pos19 fearsamod
19fearsfearNOUNNumber=Plur16 possessedobl
20,,PUNCT_23 complainedpunct
21andandCCONJ_23 complainedcc
22oftenoftenADV_23 complainedadvmod
23complainedcomplainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 possessedparataxis
24ofofADP_27 miseriescase
25bodilybodilyADV_27 miseriesadvmod
26“"PUNCT_27 miseriespunct
27miseriesmiseryNOUNNumber=Plur23 complainedobl
28,,PUNCT_27 miseriespunct
29”"PUNCT_27 miseriespunct
30whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel32 defiednsubj
31apparentlyapparentlyADV_32 defiedadvmod
32defieddefyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 miseriesacl:relcl
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 powerdet
34powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing32 defiedobj
35ofofADP_38 artcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 artdet
37healinghealingNOUNNumber=Sing38 artcompound
38artartNOUNNumber=Sing34 powernmod
39,,PUNCT_43 dissipatedpunct
40andandCCONJ_43 dissipatedcc
41werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 dissipatedaux:pass
42whollywhollyADV_43 dissipatedadvmod
43dissipateddissipateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass23 complainedconj
44onlyonlyADV_43 dissipatedadvmod
45whenwhenSCONJ_49 mademark
46somesomeDETPronType=Ind47 atonementdet
47atonementatonementNOUNNumber=Sing49 madensubj:pass
48wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 madeaux:pass
49mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass43 dissipatedadvcl
50forforSCONJ_53 wrongmark
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 wrongdet
52allegedallegeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass53 wrongamod
53wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos49 madexcomp
54,,PUNCT_56 paymentpunct
55ororCCONJ_56 paymentcc
56paymentpaymentNOUNNumber=Sing49 madeparataxis
57offeredofferVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass56 paymentacl
58totoPART_59 havemark
59havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf57 offeredadvcl
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 spelldet
61spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing59 haveobj
62brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass61 spellacl
63throughthroughADP_65 interventioncase
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 interventiondet
65interventioninterventionNOUNNumber=Sing62 brokenobl
66ofofADP_68 conjurercase
67thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art68 conjurerdet
68conjurerconjurerNOUNNumber=Sing65 interventionnmod
69whowhoPRONPronType=Rel71 devisednsubj
70hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin71 devisedaux
71deviseddeviseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part68 conjureracl:relcl
72ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs71 devisedobj
73..PUNCT_16 possessedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1persuadeparticipleof the factvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2conjurepast · perfect · passiveenmitythus propertyvn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
3possesspast · passivethe patientof superstitious fearsvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4complain speech: otherparticipleof miseries; often propertyvn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5defypastmiseriesthe power of the healing artapparently propertytree rules
6dissipatepast · passivewholly propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
7makepast · passivesome atonementpayment parataxis; wrong propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
8allege speech: otherparticiplevn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
9offerparticiplepayment not said herevn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
10haveto-infinitivethe spellvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient
11breakparticiplethe spell not said herethe intervention of the conjurervn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through intervention=Location
12devisepast · perfectthe conjurerspellvn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
13intervenethe conjurernom 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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/100/