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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

casedetoblcasedetnmodpunctconjdetobjpunctdetnsubjobjcasedetobladvmodacl:relclpunctccconjdetobjcasenmodpunctnmod:posscompoundpunctnsubj:passaux:passadvmodaclcasecasenmod:possamodcompoundoblpunctrootUponADPtheDETrefluxNOUNofADPtheDETtideNOUN,PUNCTenteringVERBtheDETinclosureNOUN,PUNCTthisDETreptileNOUNgorgedVERBitselfPRONuponADPtheDETfishesNOUNthereADVdetainedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJincurredVERBtheDETwrathNOUNofADPCuffeePROPN,PUNCTwhosePRONfryingNOUN-PUNCTpanNOUNwasAUXthusADVcheatedVERBoutADPofADPitsPRONanticipatedVERBeveningNOUNbroilNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UponuponADP_3 refluxcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 refluxdet
3refluxrefluxNOUNNumber=Sing14 gorgedobl
4ofofADP_6 tidecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 tidedet
6tidetideNOUNNumber=Sing3 refluxnmod
7,,PUNCT_8 enteringpunct
8enteringenterVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 refluxconj
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 inclosuredet
10inclosureinclosureNOUNNumber=Sing8 enteringobj
11,,PUNCT_3 refluxpunct
12thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem13 reptiledet
13reptilereptileNOUNNumber=Sing14 gorgednsubj
14gorgedgorgeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes14 gorgedobj
16uponuponADP_18 fishescase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 fishesdet
18fishesfishNOUNNumber=Plur14 gorgedobl
19therethereADVPronType=Dem20 detainedadvmod
20detaineddetainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 fishesacl:relcl
21,,PUNCT_23 incurredpunct
22andandCCONJ_23 incurredcc
23incurredincurVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 gorgedconj
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 wrathdet
25wrathwrathNOUNNumber=Sing23 incurredobj
26ofofADP_27 Cuffeecase
27CuffeeCuffeePROPNNumber=Sing25 wrathnmod
28,,PUNCT_35 cheatedpunct
29whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel32 pannmod:poss
30fryingfryingNOUNNumber=Sing32 pancompound
31--PUNCT_30 fryingpunct
32panpanNOUNNumber=Sing35 cheatednsubj:pass
33wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 cheatedaux:pass
34thusthusADV_35 cheatedadvmod
35cheatedcheatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 wrathacl
36outoutADP_41 broilcase
37ofofADP_41 broilcase
38itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 broilnmod:poss
39anticipatedanticipateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 broilamod
40eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing41 broilcompound
41broilbroilNOUNNumber=Sing35 cheatedobl
42..PUNCT_14 gorgedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1entergerundthis reptile not said herethe inclosurevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme inclosure=Destination
2gorgepastthis reptileinclosureupon the reflux of the tide; upon the fishestree rules
3detainpastthe fishes not said heretherevn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4incurpastthis reptile not said herethe wrath of Cuffeetree rules
5cheat outpast · passivefrying panpan's anticipated evening broilthus propertytree rules
6anticipateparticiplevn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7broilpannom 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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