Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 16
Recovering himself in a trice, and holding aloft the forceps, which still infolded in its remorseless fangs the gory molar, with an indescribable air of commingled dignity, scorn, and triumph addressing the discomfited victim of his professional skill, old Jack exclaimed: “Haw, Boy! when I graff my han on er teet, eh bown fuh come, er de jaw pop,--one er tarruh.”
Who acts: Recovering, triumph, bown · What happens: recover, hold, infold, fang, commingle, address · To what, where: John, trice, aloft forceps, remorseless, gory molar, discomfited victim · 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 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Recovering, triumph, bown), 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 | Recovering | recover | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 fangs | csubj |
| 2 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Recovering | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 trice | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trice | det |
| 5 | trice | trice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Recovering | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 holding | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 holding | cc |
| 8 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Recovering | conj |
| 9 | aloft | aloft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 forceps | amod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 forceps | det |
| 11 | forceps | forceps | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 holding | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 infolded | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 infolded | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | still | still | ADV | _ | 15 infolded | advmod |
| 15 | infolded | infold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 forceps | acl:relcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 remorseless | case |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 remorseless | nmod:poss |
| 18 | remorseless | remorseless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 infolded | obl |
| 19 | fangs | fang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 molar | det |
| 21 | gory | gory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 molar | amod |
| 22 | molar | molar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fangs | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 air | punct |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 air | case |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 air | det |
| 26 | indescribable | indescribable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 air | amod |
| 27 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fangs | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 dignity | case |
| 29 | commingled | commingle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 dignity | amod |
| 30 | dignity | dignity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 air | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 scorn | punct |
| 32 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 dignity | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 exclaimed | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 exclaimed | cc |
| 35 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 exclaimed | nsubj |
| 36 | addressing | address | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 triumph | acl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 victim | det |
| 38 | discomfited | discomfit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 victim | amod |
| 39 | victim | victim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 addressing | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 skill | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 skill | nmod:poss |
| 42 | professional | professional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 skill | amod |
| 43 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 victim | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Jack | punct |
| 45 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 Jack | amod |
| 46 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 exclaimed | nsubj |
| 47 | exclaimed | exclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 fangs | parataxis |
| 48 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 50 Haw | punct |
| 49 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 Haw | punct |
| 50 | Haw | haw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 exclaimed | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 Boy | punct |
| 52 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Haw | appos |
| 53 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 52 Boy | punct |
| 54 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 56 graff | advmod |
| 55 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 graff | nsubj |
| 56 | graff | graff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 Haw | acl:relcl |
| 57 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 han | nmod:poss |
| 58 | han | han | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 graff | obj |
| 59 | on | on | ADP | _ | 61 teet | case |
| 60 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 teet | compound |
| 61 | teet | teet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 graff | obl |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 eh | punct |
| 63 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 66 come | discourse |
| 64 | bown | bown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 come | nsubj |
| 65 | fuh | fuh | INTJ | _ | 66 come | discourse |
| 66 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 47 exclaimed | conj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 er | punct |
| 68 | er | er | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 come | conj |
| 69 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 68 er | obl |
| 70 | jaw | jaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 pop | compound |
| 71 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 er | obj |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 tarruh | punct |
| 73 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 76 tarruh | punct |
| 74 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 75 er | nummod |
| 75 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 tarruh | compound |
| 76 | tarruh | tarruh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 pop | appos |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 fangs | punct |
| 78 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 fangs | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recover | gerund | John | a trice | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | the aloft forceps | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forceps=Theme | |||||
| 3 | infold | participle · passive | the aloft forceps | trice's remorseless | still | tree rules | |||
| 4 | fang | present | Recovering | the gory molar | with a indescribable air of commingled dignity and scorn | tree rules | |||
| 5 | commingle | participle | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 6 | address | gerund | triumph not said here | the discomfited victim of John's professional skill | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Destination | ||||
| 7 | discomfit | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 8 | exclaim speech: express | past | triumph | Haw | old Jack nsubj | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent haw=Topic | |||
| 9 | graff in a quote | present | triumph | my han | er teet | tree rules | |||
| 10 | come in a quote | infinitive | bown | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 11 | er in a quote | infinitive | bown not said here | de | jaw pop obj | tree rules |
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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