Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 79
It was the duty of one occupying that station to advise in spiritual matters, to lead in the semi-weekly prayer-meetings, to set an example which others might well follow, and to counsel in all religious difficulties.
Who acts: health, others · What happens: be, occupy, advise, lead, set, follow · To what, where: duty, station, spiritual matters, example, religious difficulties
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 (health, others), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 duty | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 duty | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 duty | det |
| 4 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 duty | nmod |
| 7 | occupying | occupy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 one | acl:relcl |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 station | det |
| 9 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 occupying | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 advise | mark |
| 11 | advise | advise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 occupying | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 matters | case |
| 13 | spiritual | spiritual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 matters | amod |
| 14 | matters | matter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 advise | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 lead | punct |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 lead | mark |
| 17 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 advise | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 meetings | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 meetings | det |
| 20 | semi-weekly | semi-weekly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 meetings | amod |
| 21 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 meetings | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 prayer | punct |
| 23 | meetings | meeting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 lead | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 set | punct |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 set | mark |
| 26 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 lead | conj |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 example | det |
| 28 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 set | obj |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 follow | obj |
| 30 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 follow | nsubj |
| 31 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 follow | aux |
| 32 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 33 follow | advmod |
| 33 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 example | acl:relcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 counsel | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 counsel | cc |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 counsel | mark |
| 37 | counsel | counsel | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 duty | parataxis |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 difficulties | case |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 difficulties | det |
| 40 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 difficulties | amod |
| 41 | difficulties | difficulty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 counsel | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 duty | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | health | the duty | of one | tree rules | |||
| 2 | occupy | gerund | that station | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus station=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | advise speech: other | to-infinitive | spiritual matters | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | lead | to-infinitive | in the semi-weekly prayer meetings | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition in meeting=Patient | |||||
| 5 | set | to-infinitive | a example | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient example=Result | |||||
| 6 | follow | might | others | a example | well property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | |||
| 7 | counsel speech: other | to-infinitive | all religious difficulties | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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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