Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 89
Among the negroes of the coast region of Georgia and the Carolinas a belief in the existence of ghosts, “sperits,” and superhuman influences was very general.
Who acts: belief, ghosts · What happens: be, exist
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 (belief, ghosts), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 3 negroes | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 negroes | det |
| 3 | negroes | negro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 general | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 region | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 region | det |
| 6 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 region | compound |
| 7 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 general | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Georgia | case |
| 9 | Georgia | Georgia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 region | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Carolinas | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Carolinas | det |
| 12 | Carolinas | Carolina | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 Georgia | conj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 belief | det |
| 14 | belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 general | nsubj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 existence | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 existence | det |
| 17 | existence | existence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 belief | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 ghosts | case |
| 19 | ghosts | ghost | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 existence | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sperits | punct |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 sperits | punct |
| 22 | sperits | sperit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 ghosts | appos |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sperits | punct |
| 24 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 belief | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 influences | cc |
| 26 | superhuman | superhuman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 influences | amod |
| 27 | influences | influence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 belief | conj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 general | cop |
| 29 | very | very | ADV | _ | 30 general | advmod |
| 30 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 general | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a belief in the existence of ghosts and superhuman influences | among the negroes; of the coast region of Georgia and the Carolinas; general property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | exist | ghosts | nom existence «state intransitive»: of=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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