Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 85

I called one morning to see the old man, to inquire after his health, and to ascertain whether his wants were properly supplied.

Who acts: I, man · What happens: call, see, inquire, ascertain, supply, want · To what, where: old man, wants · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (I, man), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 morning	nummod
4	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl:unmarked
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 inquire	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 inquire	mark
12	inquire	inquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 see	conj
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 health	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 health	nmod:poss
15	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inquire	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ascertain	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ascertain	cc
18	to	to	PART	_	19 ascertain	mark
19	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
20	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	25 supplied	mark
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 wants	nmod:poss
22	wants	want	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 supplied	nsubj:pass
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 supplied	aux:pass
24	properly	properly	ADV	_	25 supplied	advmod
25	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 ascertain	advcl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	I		morning		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	I not said here	the old man			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
3	inquire speech: other	to-infinitive	I not said here		after man's health		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ascertain	to-infinitive	I not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	supply	past · passive		man's wants		properly property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
6	want		man				nom want «state transitive»: poss=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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🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 85

The tree

Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 85