Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 80
The negroes at the quarter hard by, hearing the noise and cries for help, armed with torches, hoes, axes, and billets, rushed to the spot just in time to save the life of the unfortunate man.
Who acts: negroes · What happens: hear, cry, rush, save · To what, where: noise, billets, life
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 (negroes), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 negroes | det |
| 2 | negroes | negro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hearing | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 quarter | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 quarter | det |
| 5 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 negroes | nmod |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 quarter | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 hard | fixed |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hearing | punct |
| 9 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 noise | det |
| 11 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hearing | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cries | cc |
| 13 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hearing | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 help | case |
| 15 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cries | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 armed | punct |
| 17 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 help | amod |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 torches | case |
| 19 | torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 armed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hoes | punct |
| 21 | hoes | hoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 torches | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 axes | punct |
| 23 | axes | ax | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 torches | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 billets | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 billets | cc |
| 26 | billets | billet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hearing | parataxis |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 rushed | punct |
| 28 | rushed | rush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 billets | acl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 spot | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 spot | det |
| 31 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rushed | obl |
| 32 | just | just | ADV | _ | 34 time | advmod |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 time | case |
| 34 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rushed | obl |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 save | mark |
| 36 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 time | acl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 life | det |
| 38 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 save | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 man | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 man | det |
| 41 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 man | amod |
| 42 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 life | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 hearing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the negroes at the quarter | the noise | billets parataxis | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present | the negroes at the quarter not said here | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | rush | participle | billets not said here | time | to the spot result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spot=Result | |||
| 4 | save | to-infinitive | the life of the unfortunate man | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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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