Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 68
Instead of crossing on the log, he saw fit to descend the gentle bank and wade through the water.
Who acts: tide · What happens: cross, see, descend, wade · To what, where: log, gentle bank, water
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 (tide), 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 | Instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 3 crossing | mark |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 1 Instead | fixed |
| 3 | crossing | cross | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 saw | advcl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 log | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 log | det |
| 6 | log | log | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crossing | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 crossing | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 saw | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 descend | mark |
| 12 | descend | descend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fit | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bank | det |
| 14 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 bank | amod |
| 15 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 descend | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 wade | cc |
| 17 | wade | wade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 9 saw | conj |
| 18 | through | through | ADP | _ | 20 water | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 water | det |
| 20 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wade | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | gerund | tide not said here | the log | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | tide | fit property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | descend | to-infinitive | tide not said here | the gentle bank | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bank=Theme | ||||
| 4 | wade | present | tide not said here | the water | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through water=Trajectory |
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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