Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 33
Upon the reflux of the tide, entering the inclosure, this reptile gorged itself upon the fishes there detained, and incurred the wrath of Cuffee, whose frying-pan was thus cheated out of its anticipated evening broil.
Who acts: reptile, fishes, pan · What happens: enter, gorge, detain, incur, cheat out, anticipate · To what, where: inclosure, wrath, frying pan, anticipated evening broil
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 (reptile, fishes, pan), 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 3 reflux | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reflux | det |
| 3 | reflux | reflux | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gorged | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tide | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tide | det |
| 6 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reflux | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 entering | punct |
| 8 | entering | enter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 reflux | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 inclosure | det |
| 10 | inclosure | inclosure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 entering | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 reflux | punct |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 reptile | det |
| 13 | reptile | reptile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gorged | nsubj |
| 14 | gorged | gorge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 gorged | obj |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 fishes | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 fishes | det |
| 18 | fishes | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 gorged | obl |
| 19 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 detained | advmod |
| 20 | detained | detain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 fishes | acl:relcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 incurred | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 incurred | cc |
| 23 | incurred | incur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gorged | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 wrath | det |
| 25 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 incurred | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Cuffee | case |
| 27 | Cuffee | Cuffee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 wrath | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 cheated | punct |
| 29 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 32 pan | nmod:poss |
| 30 | frying | frying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 pan | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 frying | punct |
| 32 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cheated | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 cheated | aux:pass |
| 34 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 35 cheated | advmod |
| 35 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 wrath | acl |
| 36 | out | out | ADP | _ | 41 broil | case |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 broil | case |
| 38 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 broil | nmod:poss |
| 39 | anticipated | anticipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 broil | amod |
| 40 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 broil | compound |
| 41 | broil | broil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cheated | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 gorged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | gerund | this reptile not said here | the inclosure | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme inclosure=Destination | ||||
| 2 | gorge | past | this reptile | inclosure | upon the reflux of the tide; upon the fishes | tree rules | |||
| 3 | detain | past | the fishes not said here | there | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | incur | past | this reptile not said here | the wrath of Cuffee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | cheat out | past · passive | frying pan | pan's anticipated evening broil | thus property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | anticipate | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | broil | pan | nom broil «act 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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