Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 12

_Cahr_, carry _Caze_, because _Ceive_, deceive _Cept_, accept, accepted, except _Chillun_, children _Chimbly_, chimney _Chune_, tune _Cist_, insist _Clorte_, cloth _Cloze_, clothes _Cohoot_, bargain, agreement _Cole_, cold _Conjunct_, agree to, conclude _Cote_, court _Crack eh teet_, make answer _Crap_, crop _Crape_, scrape _Cratch_, scratch _Cut down_, disappointed, chagrined

Who acts: Cahr, Ceive · What happens: carry, deceive, accept, insist, agree, conclude · To what, where: Caze, Cept, Clorte, Cote, answer, Cratch

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cahr, Ceive), 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	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Cahr	punct
2	Cahr	Cahr	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 carry	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Cahr	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carry	punct
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 Caze	punct
7	Caze	Caze	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 Caze	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 deceive	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 deceive	mark
11	_	_	PUNCT	_	10 because	punct
12	Ceive	Ceive	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 deceive	nsubj
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Ceive	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Ceive	punct
15	deceive	deceive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 carry	conj
16	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 Cept	punct
17	Cept	Cept	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 deceive	obj
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 Cept	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 accept	punct
20	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 deceive	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 accepted	punct
22	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 accept	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 Chillun	punct
24	except	except	ADP	_	26 Chillun	case
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 except	punct
26	Chillun	Chillun	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 accepted	obl:agent
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 Chillun	punct
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 children	punct
29	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obl
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 Chimbly	punct
31	Chimbly	Chimbly	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 children	appos
32	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 Chimbly	punct
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 chimney	punct
34	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 Chimbly	appos
35	_	_	PUNCT	_	36 Chune	punct
36	Chune	Chune	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Chimbly	appos
37	_	_	PUNCT	_	36 Chune	punct
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 tune	punct
39	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 Chimbly	appos
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 Cist	punct
41	Cist	Cist	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Chimbly	conj
42	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 Chimbly	punct
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 insist	punct
44	insist	insist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 Clorte	punct
46	Clorte	Clorte	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 insist	obj
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 Clorte	punct
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 cloth	punct
49	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 Clorte	appos
50	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Cloze	punct
51	Cloze	Cloze	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 Clorte	appos
52	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Cloze	punct
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 clothes	punct
54	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	46 Clorte	appos
55	_	_	PUNCT	_	56 Cohoot	punct
56	Cohoot	Cohoot	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 clothes	appos
57	_	_	PUNCT	_	56 Cohoot	punct
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 bargain	punct
59	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 Cohoot	appos
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 agreement	punct
61	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 Cohoot	appos
62	_	_	PUNCT	_	63 Cole	punct
63	Cole	Cole	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 Cohoot	conj
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	56 Cohoot	punct
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 cold	punct
66	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 Clorte	parataxis
67	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 Conjunct	punct
68	Conjunct	conjunct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 Clorte	parataxis
69	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 Conjunct	punct
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 agree	punct
71	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 carry	parataxis
72	to	to	ADP	_	71 agree	obl
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 conclude	punct
74	conclude	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
75	_	_	PUNCT	_	76 Cote	punct
76	Cote	cote	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 conclude	obj
77	_	_	PUNCT	_	76 Cote	punct
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 court	punct
79	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 Cote	conj
80	_	_	PUNCT	_	83 teet	punct
81	Crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 eh	compound
82	eh	eh	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 teet	compound
83	teet	teet	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 Cote	appos
84	_	_	PUNCT	_	83 teet	punct
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 make	punct
86	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
87	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 make	obj
88	_	_	PUNCT	_	89 Crap	punct
89	Crap	Crap	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 make	obl
90	_	_	PUNCT	_	5 carry	punct
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 crop	punct
92	crop	crop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
93	_	_	PUNCT	_	94 Crape	punct
94	Crape	crape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 crop	conj
95	_	_	PUNCT	_	94 Crape	punct
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 scrape	punct
97	scrape	scrape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
98	_	_	PUNCT	_	99 Cratch	punct
99	Cratch	cratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 scrape	obj
100	_	_	PUNCT	_	97 scrape	punct
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 scratch	punct
102	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 carry	conj
103	_	_	PUNCT	_	104 Cut	punct
104	Cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	102 scratch	advcl
105	down	down	ADP	_	104 Cut	compound:prt
106	_	_	PUNCT	_	104 Cut	punct
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 disappointed	punct
108	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	104 Cut	conj
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	110 chagrined	punct
110	chagrined	chagrin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	104 Cut	conj

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	infinitive	Cahr	Caze	children obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caze=Theme
2	deceive	infinitive	Ceive	Cept		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cept=Patient
3	accept	infinitive	Ceive not said here			vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	accept	participle	Ceive not said here		Chillun obl:agent	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	insist speech: other	infinitive	Cahr not said here	Clorte		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent clorte=Topic
6	agree speech: agree	infinitive				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	conclude	infinitive	Cahr not said here	Cote and court		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cote=Theme
8	make	infinitive	Cahr not said here	answer	Crap obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset answer=Product
9	crop	infinitive	Cahr not said here			vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
10	crape	infinitive	Cahr not said here			tree rules
11	scrape	infinitive	Cahr not said here	Cratch		vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cratch=Patient
12	scratch	infinitive	Cahr not said here			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	cut down	participle	Cahr not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
14	chagrin	participle	Cahr not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 15, sentence 12