Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 79
Having in a little while disposed of the bag, the alligator renewed its attack upon the frightened negro, threw him down, broke his left arm, and frightfully lacerated it and one of his legs.
Who acts: alligator · What happens: have, dispose, renew, frighten, throw down, break · To what, where: little, attack, Sawney, left arm, ALLIGATOR
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 (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 | Having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 renewed | advcl |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 little | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 little | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Having | obl |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 disposed | mark |
| 6 | disposed | dispose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Having | advcl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bag | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bag | det |
| 9 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disposed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Having | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 alligator | det |
| 12 | alligator | alligator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 renewed | nsubj |
| 13 | renewed | renew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 attack | nmod:poss |
| 15 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 renewed | obj |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 19 negro | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 negro | det |
| 18 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 negro | amod |
| 19 | negro | negro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 attack | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 threw | punct |
| 21 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 renewed | parataxis |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 threw | obj |
| 23 | down | down | ADP | _ | 21 threw | compound:prt |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 broke | punct |
| 25 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 threw | conj |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 arm | nmod:poss |
| 27 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 arm | amod |
| 28 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 broke | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 lacerated | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 lacerated | cc |
| 31 | frightfully | frightfully | ADV | _ | 32 lacerated | advmod |
| 32 | lacerated | lacerate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 renewed | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 lacerated | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 one | cc |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 lacerated | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 legs | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 legs | nmod:poss |
| 38 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 one | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 renewed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | the alligator not said here | a little | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | dispose | participle | the alligator not said here | of the bag | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | renew | past | the alligator | ALLIGATOR's attack | upon the frightened negro | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent attack=Patient | |||
| 4 | frighten | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | throw down | past | Sawney | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 6 | break | past | Sawney's left arm | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient | |||||
| 7 | lacerate | past | the alligator not said here | ALLIGATOR | one of Sawney's legs conj; frightfully property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | attack | ALLIGATOR | upon the frightened negro | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |
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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