Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 76
In the confusion which ensued, and amid the struggles and yells of the negro, the alligator for the moment relaxed its hold, and was attracted by the fallen bag, which it tore in pieces.
Who acts: fallen bag, negro, ALLIGATOR · What happens: ensue, relax, attract, fall, tore, yell · To what, where: amid, confusion, alligator, pieces
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 (fallen bag, negro, ALLIGATOR), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 confusion | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 confusion | det |
| 3 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ensued | obl |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 ensued | nsubj |
| 5 | ensued | ensue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 amid | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 amid | cc |
| 8 | amid | amid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ensued | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 struggles | det |
| 10 | struggles | struggle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 amid | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 yells | cc |
| 12 | yells | yell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 struggles | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 negro | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 negro | det |
| 15 | negro | negro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 yells | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 alligator | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 alligator | det |
| 18 | alligator | alligator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 relaxed | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 moment | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 moment | det |
| 21 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 relaxed | obl |
| 22 | relaxed | relax | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 struggles | parataxis |
| 23 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 hold | nmod:poss |
| 24 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 relaxed | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 attracted | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 attracted | cc |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 attracted | aux:pass |
| 28 | attracted | attract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 relaxed | conj |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 bag | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 bag | det |
| 31 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 bag | amod |
| 32 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 attracted | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 tore | punct |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 tore | nsubj |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 tore | nsubj |
| 36 | tore | tore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 bag | acl:relcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 pieces | case |
| 38 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 tore | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ensued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ensue | past | amid the struggles and yells of the negro | the confusion | which nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | relax | past | the alligator | moment | ALLIGATOR's hold obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hold=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | attract | past · passive | by the fallen bag | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 4 | fall | participle | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | tore | past | the fallen bag | pieces | hold nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | yell | the negro | nom yell «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | hold | ALLIGATOR | nom hold «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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