Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 13

_Darter_, daughter _Day_, there, is, to be, am _Day day_, to be there _Den_, then _Der_, was, were, into _Dest_⎫ _Dist_⎭ just, only _Destant_, distant, distance _Det_, death _Diffunce_, difference _Disher_, this _Do_, door _Dout_, without _Drap_, drop, dropped _Duh_, was, were _Dunno_, don’t know _Dut_, dirt

Who acts: Darter, Do · What happens: be, drap, drop, not know · To what, where: Darter, Duh, Dut

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 (Darter, Do), 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 Darter	punct
2	Darter	Darter	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 dropped	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 daughter	punct
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	conj
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 Day	punct
7	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	appos
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	7 Day	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Darter	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 be	cop
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 be	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 be	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 Darter	acl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
17	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Darter	cop
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 day	punct
19	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 day	compound
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	appos
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 there	punct
23	to	to	PART	_	25 there	mark
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 there	cop
25	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Darter	acl:relcl
26	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 Den	punct
27	Den	Den	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 there	vocative
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 Den	punct
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Dest	punct
30	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 Dest	advmod
31	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 Dest	punct
32	Der	Der	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 were	nsubj
33	_	_	PUNCT	_	32 Der	punct
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 Der	punct
35	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 were	cop
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 were	punct
37	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 Dest	cop
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Dest	punct
39	into	into	ADP	_	41 Dest	case
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	39 into	punct
41	Dest	d	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 Darter	conj
42	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 ⎫	punct
43	⎫	⎫	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	conj
44	_	_	PUNCT	_	45 Dist	punct
45	Dist	Dist	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	conj
46	_	_	PUNCT	_	47 ⎭	punct
47	⎭	⎭	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	conj
48	just	just	ADV	_	52 Destant	advmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 Destant	punct
50	only	only	ADV	_	52 Destant	advmod
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 Destant	punct
52	Destant	destant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Darter	parataxis
53	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 Destant	punct
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 distant	punct
55	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Darter	parataxis
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 distance	punct
57	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	conj
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
59	Det	Det	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	flat
60	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 death	punct
62	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	appos
63	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
64	Diffunce	Diffunce	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	flat
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 difference	punct
67	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	appos
68	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
69	Disher	Disher	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Darter	flat
70	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
72	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Darter	flat
73	_	_	PUNCT	_	84 Drap	punct
74	Do	Do	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 Drap	nsubj
75	_	_	PUNCT	_	74 Do	punct
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 door	punct
77	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 Do	appos
78	_	_	PUNCT	_	79 Dout	punct
79	Dout	Dout	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 Drap	nsubj
80	_	_	PUNCT	_	79 Dout	punct
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 Drap	punct
82	without	without	SCONJ	_	84 Drap	mark
83	_	_	PUNCT	_	82 without	punct
84	Drap	drap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Darter	parataxis
85	_	_	PUNCT	_	84 Drap	punct
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 drop	punct
87	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	84 Drap	conj
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Darter	punct
89	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
90	_	_	PUNCT	_	91 Duh	punct
91	Duh	Duh	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 dropped	obj
92	_	_	PUNCT	_	89 dropped	punct
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 was	punct
94	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 dropped	conj
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 were	punct
96	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 dropped	conj
97	_	_	PUNCT	_	103 know	punct
98	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	Number=Sing	103 know	vocative
99	_	_	PUNCT	_	98 Dunno	punct
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 Dunno	punct
101	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	103 know	aux
102	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	103 know	advmod
103	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	96 were	conj
104	_	_	PUNCT	_	105 Dut	punct
105	Dut	Dut	PROPN	Number=Sing	103 know	obj
106	_	_	PUNCT	_	105 Dut	punct
107	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 dirt	punct
108	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 Dut	appos

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance	there	Day	daughter conj; ⎫ conj; Dist conj; ⎭ conj; distance conj; death appos; difference appos	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance not said here				Den vocative; there property	tree rules
3	is	past				then	d property	tree rules
4	drap	infinitive	Do				Dout nsubj	tree rules
5	drop	infinitive	Do not said here					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6	drop	past	Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance	Duh				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duh=Theme
7	be	past	Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	be	past	Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	not know	infinitive · do-support	Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance not said here	Dut			Dunno vocative	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dut=Stimulus

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 13