Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 44
If we may credit the text of the “Brevis Narratio” of Le Moyne de Morgues, the Florida Indians were addicted to similar sport, and Plate XXVI may well be claimed in practical illustration of the amusement to which we are now alluding.
Who acts: we, you · What happens: text, addict, plate, claim, allude, illustrate · To what, where: Florida Indians, XXVI, practical illustration, amusement
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 (we, you), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 text | mark |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 text | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 text | aux |
| 4 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 text | compound |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 text | det |
| 6 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Plate | advcl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Narratio | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Narratio | det |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Narratio | punct |
| 10 | Brevis | Brevis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Narratio | compound |
| 11 | Narratio | Narratio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 text | nmod |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Narratio | punct |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Le | case |
| 14 | Le | Le | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Narratio | nmod |
| 15 | Moyne | Moyne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Le | flat |
| 16 | de | de | ADP | _ | 17 Morgues | case |
| 17 | Morgues | Morgues | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Le | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 addicted | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Indians | det |
| 20 | Florida | Florida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Indians | compound |
| 21 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 23 addicted | nsubj |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 addicted | aux:pass |
| 23 | addicted | addict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 Narratio | acl:relcl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 sport | case |
| 25 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 sport | amod |
| 26 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 addicted | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Plate | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 Plate | cc |
| 29 | Plate | plate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 30 | XXVI | XXVI | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 claimed | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 claimed | aux |
| 32 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 34 claimed | advmod |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 claimed | aux:pass |
| 34 | claimed | claim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 Plate | parataxis |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 illustration | case |
| 36 | practical | practical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 illustration | amod |
| 37 | illustration | illustration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 claimed | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 amusement | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 amusement | det |
| 40 | amusement | amusement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 illustration | nmod |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 which | case |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 alluding | obl |
| 43 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 alluding | nsubj |
| 44 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 alluding | aux |
| 45 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 46 alluding | advmod |
| 46 | alluding | allude | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 amusement | acl:relcl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 Plate | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text a condition, not said to happen | may | we | of the Brevis Narratio of Le de Morgues | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | addict | past · passive | the Florida Indians | to similar sport | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient to sport=Theme | ||||
| 3 | plate | imperative | you not said here | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | claim speech: other | may · passive | XXVI | practical illustration of the amusement | well property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||
| 5 | allude | present · progressive | we | now | to the amusement | tree rules | |||
| 6 | illustrate | the amusement | nom illustration «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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