Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 80
Although somewhat quick-tempered, and jealous of that respect which he deemed his due from others, he was upright, honest, full of Christian sentiment, and pronounced in his condemnation of everything savoring of evil.
Who acts: DADDY · What happens: temper, deem, be, pronounce, savor, condemn · To what, where: respect, condemnation, everything
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 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 5 tempered | mark |
| 2 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 5 tempered | advmod |
| 3 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tempered | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 quick | punct |
| 5 | tempered | temper | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 jealous | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 jealous | cc |
| 8 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tempered | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 respect | case |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 respect | det |
| 11 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jealous | obl |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 deemed | obj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 deemed | nsubj |
| 14 | deemed | deem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 respect | acl:relcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 others | nmod:poss |
| 16 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 18 others | case |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 due | fixed |
| 18 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 deemed | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 upright | punct |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 upright | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 upright | cop |
| 22 | upright | upright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 jealous | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 honest | punct |
| 24 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 upright | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 full | punct |
| 26 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 upright | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 sentiment | case |
| 28 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 sentiment | amod |
| 29 | sentiment | sentiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 full | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 pronounced | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 pronounced | cc |
| 32 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tempered | conj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 condemnation | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 condemnation | nmod:poss |
| 35 | condemnation | condemnation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 pronounced | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 everything | case |
| 37 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 35 condemnation | nmod |
| 38 | savoring | savor | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 everything | acl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 evil | case |
| 40 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 savoring | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tempered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | temper | participle | somewhat property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | deem | past | DADDY | that respect | DADDY's others obj | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme other=Attribute | |||
| 3 | is | past | DADDY | upright property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | DADDY not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | be | DADDY not said here | of Christian sentiment | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | pronounce | past | DADDY's condemnation of everything | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in condemnation=Manner | |||||
| 7 | savor | gerund | of evil | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | condemn | DADDY | everything | nom condemnation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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