Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 63
On these journeys he would carry a bag containing provisions and such choice morsels as he had been able, during the week, to accumulate for his better half.
Who acts: Sawney, bag · What happens: carry, contain, be, accumulate · To what, where: bag, journeys, provisions
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 (Sawney, bag), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 journeys | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 journeys | det |
| 3 | journeys | journey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 carry | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 carry | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 carry | aux |
| 6 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bag | det |
| 8 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carry | obj |
| 9 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 bag | acl |
| 10 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 containing | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 morsels | cc |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 morsels | amod |
| 13 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 morsels | compound |
| 14 | morsels | morsel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 provisions | conj |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 able | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 able | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 able | aux |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 able | cop |
| 19 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 carry | advcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 able | punct |
| 21 | during | during | ADP | _ | 23 week | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 week | det |
| 23 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 able | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 accumulate | punct |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 accumulate | mark |
| 26 | accumulate | accumulate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 carry | conj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 half | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 half | nmod:poss |
| 29 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 half | amod |
| 30 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 26 accumulate | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 carry | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | would | Sawney | a bag | this journeys | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | |||
| 2 | contain | gerund | a bag not said here | provisions and such choice morsels | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot provision=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | Sawney | week | able property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | accumulate | to-infinitive | Sawney not said here | for Sawney's better half | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=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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