Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 81

In a word, he was a man of good reputation, enjoyed the confidence of his fellows, stood high in his church, and was supposed to be in special favor with the Lord.

Who acts: DADDY · What happens: be, enjoy, stand, suppose, confide · To what, where: man, confidence, word, church, special favor, fellows

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 word	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 word	det
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enjoyed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 man	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 man	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 man	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 word	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 reputation	case
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reputation	amod
11	reputation	reputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 word	punct
13	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 confidence	det
15	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enjoyed	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 fellows	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 fellows	nmod:poss
18	fellows	fellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 confidence	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stood	punct
20	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 enjoyed	conj
21	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 stood	xcomp
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 church	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 church	nmod:poss
24	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stood	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 supposed	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 supposed	cc
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 supposed	aux:pass
28	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 stood	conj
29	to	to	PART	_	33 favor	mark
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 favor	cop
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 favor	case
32	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 favor	amod
33	favor	favor	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 supposed	xcomp
34	with	with	ADP	_	36 Lord	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Lord	det
36	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 favor	nmod
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 enjoyed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	DADDY	a man		of good reputation	tree rules
2	enjoy	past		the confidence of DADDY's fellows	a word		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer confidence=Stimulus
3	stand	past			DADDY's church	high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location
4	suppose	past · passive					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»
5	is	to-infinitive			special favor	with the Lord	tree rules
6	confide			DADDY's fellows			nom confidence «cognition transitive»: 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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🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 81

The tree

Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 81