Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 78
He remained rooted to the spot, howling, praying, and calling for help.
What happens: root, howl, pray, call · To what, where: Sawney · Speech: someone speaks here
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: 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rooted | nsubj |
| 2 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rooted | aux:pass |
| 3 | rooted | root | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 spot | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spot | det |
| 6 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rooted | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 howling | punct |
| 8 | howling | howl | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 rooted | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 praying | punct |
| 10 | praying | pray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 howling | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 calling | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 calling | cc |
| 13 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 howling | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 help | case |
| 15 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 calling | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rooted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | root | past · passive | Sawney | to the spot | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | howl | gerund | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | pray | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 4 | call | gerund | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
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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