Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 53
A stunning blow having thus been delivered, the victim was caught in the open jaws, and thence transported to the dwelling-place of the reptile, where it was guarded until decomposition had fairly supervened.
Who acts: stunning blow · What happens: stun, have, deliver, catch, transport, guard · To what, where: stunning blow, open jaws, victim, decomposition
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 (stunning blow), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 blow | det |
| 2 | stunning | stun | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 blow | amod |
| 3 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 blow | acl |
| 5 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 7 delivered | advmod |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 delivered | aux:pass |
| 7 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 having | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 blow | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 victim | det |
| 10 | victim | victim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 caught | aux:pass |
| 12 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 jaws | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 jaws | det |
| 15 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 jaws | amod |
| 16 | jaws | jaw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 caught | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 transported | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 transported | cc |
| 19 | thence | thence | ADV | _ | 20 transported | advmod |
| 20 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 caught | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 place | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 place | det |
| 23 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 place | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 dwelling | punct |
| 25 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 transported | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 reptile | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 reptile | det |
| 28 | reptile | reptile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 place | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 guarded | punct |
| 30 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 33 guarded | advmod |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 guarded | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 guarded | aux:pass |
| 33 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 reptile | acl:relcl |
| 34 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 38 supervened | mark |
| 35 | decomposition | decomposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 supervened | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 supervened | aux |
| 37 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 38 supervened | advmod |
| 38 | supervened | supervene | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 guarded | advcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 caught | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stun | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | have | gerund | a stunning blow not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | deliver | participle · passive | a stunning blow not said here | thus property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 4 | catch | past · passive | a stunning blow | the open jaws | the victim nsubj:pass | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | transport | participle | to the dwelling place of the reptile; thence property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | guard | past · passive | victim | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||||
| 7 | supervene | past · perfect · passive | decomposition | fairly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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