Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 14

_Edder_, other _Eeben_, even _Een_, in, end _Eenwite_, invite _Ef_, if _Eh_, he, she, it, his, her, its _Element_, the sky, upper air _En_, end _Enty_, are you not, are they not, do you not, do they not, is it not

Who acts: Edder, you · What happens: not invite, not be, not do, be · To what, where: Ef, you, Darter, end

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 (Edder, you), 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 Edder	punct
2	Edder	Edder	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 invite	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Edder	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 other	punct
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Edder	amod
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Edder	punct
7	Eeben	Eeben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Edder	flat
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Edder	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Een	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 Een	advmod
11	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Een	punct
12	Een	Een	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Edder	appos
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Een	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 end	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 end	case
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 end	punct
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Edder	appos
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Edder	punct
19	Eenwite	Eenwite	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Edder	flat
20	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Edder	punct
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Edder	punct
22	invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 Ef	punct
24	Ef	Ef	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 invite	obj
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 Ef	punct
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Eh	punct
27	if	if	SCONJ	_	29 Eh	mark
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	29 Eh	punct
29	Eh	Eh	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 invite	obl
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 invite	punct
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 he	punct
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 invite	parataxis
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 it	punct
34	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 it	nsubj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 it	punct
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 he	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 her	punct
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 her	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 her	punct
40	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 he	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Element	punct
42	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 Element	nmod:poss
43	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 Element	amod
44	Element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 her	appos
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	32 he	punct
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 sky	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 sky	det
48	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 he	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 air	punct
50	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 air	amod
51	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sky	conj
52	_	_	PUNCT	_	53 En	punct
53	En	En	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 he	parataxis
54	_	_	PUNCT	_	53 En	punct
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 end	punct
56	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 he	conj
57	_	_	PUNCT	_	58 Enty	punct
58	Enty	Enty	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 he	appos
59	_	_	PUNCT	_	58 Enty	punct
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 do	punct
61	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 do	cop
62	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 do	nsubj
63	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 do	advmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 not	punct
65	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 do	cop
66	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 do	nsubj
67	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 do	advmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 not	punct
69	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	22 invite	conj
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 do	iobj
71	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 do	advmod
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 do	punct
73	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 invite	conj
74	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 do	obj
75	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	73 do	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 it	punct
77	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	78 it	cop
78	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 invite	parataxis
79	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 invite	advmod

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not invite	infinitive	Edder		Ef	Eh obl	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ef=Recipient
2	not is	present	you		you	Darter nsubj; do property	tree rules
3	not do	infinitive	Edder not said here	Darter			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
4	is a	present		end			tree rules

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 14

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Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 14