Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 74

In the capacity of a body servant he had accompanied his master during the campaign of 1812-15; and this fact, apart from his excellent character, elevated him in the esteem of all.

Who acts: DADDY · What happens: accompany, elevate · To what, where: master, capacity, DADDY, esteem

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (DADDY), 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 capacity	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 capacity	det
3	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accompanied	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servant	compound
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 capacity	nmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 accompanied	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 accompanied	aux
10	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accompanied	obj
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 campaign	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 campaign	det
15	campaign	campaign	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accompanied	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 1812-15	case
17	1812-15	1812-15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 campaign	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 fact	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 fact	cc
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 fact	det
21	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accompanied	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 character	punct
23	apart	apart	ADV	_	27 character	advmod
24	from	from	ADP	_	27 character	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 character	nmod:poss
26	excellent	excellent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 character	amod
27	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fact	parataxis
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 elevated	punct
29	elevated	elevate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 fact	conj
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 elevated	obj
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 esteem	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 esteem	det
33	esteem	esteem	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 elevated	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 all	case
35	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 esteem	nmod
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 accompanied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	past · perfect	DADDY	DADDY's master		the capacity of a body servant	during the campaign of 1812-15	this fact from DADDY's excellent character parataxis	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme in capacity=Destination
2	elevate	past	DADDY not said here	DADDY		the esteem of all			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in esteem=Destination

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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🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 74

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Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 74