Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 16

_Gage_, engage, hire _Gedder_, gather, collect _Gelt_, to girt _Gem_, to give _Gen_, gave, again _Gie_, give _Gimme_, give me _Glec_, neglect _Glub_, gloves _Gooly_, good _Graff_, grab _Gree_, agree, consent _Grine salt_, fly round and round _Guine_⎫ _Gwine_⎭ going, going to

Who acts: Gage, Gen, ⎭ · What happens: engage, hire, gather, collect, girt, give · To what, where: Guine, Gedder, Gelt, Gem, Gimme, me

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 (Gage, Gen, ⎭), 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 Gage	punct
2	Gage	gage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 engage	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Gage	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 engage	punct
5	engage	engage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hire	punct
7	hire	hire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 engage	conj
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	9 Gedder	punct
9	Gedder	Gedder	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hire	obj
10	_	_	PUNCT	_	9 Gedder	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gather	punct
12	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 engage	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 collect	punct
14	collect	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 engage	conj
15	_	_	PUNCT	_	16 Gelt	punct
16	Gelt	Gelt	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 collect	obj
17	_	_	PUNCT	_	16 Gelt	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 girt	punct
19	to	to	PART	_	20 girt	mark
20	girt	girt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 engage	parataxis
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 Gem	punct
22	Gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 girt	obj
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 Gem	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 give	punct
25	to	to	PART	_	26 give	mark
26	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	20 girt	conj
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 gave	punct
28	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 gave	nsubj
29	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 Gen	punct
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Gen	punct
31	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 give	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 again	punct
33	again	again	ADV	_	31 gave	advmod
34	_	_	PUNCT	_	35 Gie	punct
35	Gie	Gie	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 gave	vocative
36	_	_	PUNCT	_	31 gave	punct
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 give	punct
38	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	20 girt	conj
39	_	_	PUNCT	_	40 Gimme	punct
40	Gimme	Gimme	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 give	obj
41	_	_	PUNCT	_	38 give	punct
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 give	punct
43	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	20 girt	conj
44	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 give	iobj
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 Glec	punct
46	Glec	Glec	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 give	vocative
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	5 engage	punct
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 neglect	punct
49	neglect	neglect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 engage	parataxis
50	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Glub	punct
51	Glub	Glub	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 neglect	obj
52	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Glub	punct
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 gloves	punct
54	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 Glub	conj
55	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Glub	punct
56	Gooly	Gooly	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Glub	flat
57	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 Glub	punct
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 good	punct
59	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 Glub	parataxis
60	_	_	PUNCT	_	61 Graff	punct
61	Graff	Graff	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Glub	conj
62	_	_	PUNCT	_	49 neglect	punct
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 grab	punct
64	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 engage	parataxis
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 Gree	punct
66	Gree	Gree	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 grab	obj
67	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 Gree	punct
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 agree	punct
69	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 engage	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 consent	punct
71	consent	consent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 engage	parataxis
72	_	_	PUNCT	_	74 salt	punct
73	Grine	Grine	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 salt	compound
74	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 consent	obj
75	_	_	PUNCT	_	71 consent	punct
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 fly	punct
77	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 engage	conj
78	round	round	ADV	_	77 fly	advmod
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 round	cc
80	round	round	ADV	_	78 round	conj
81	_	_	PUNCT	_	82 Guine	punct
82	Guine	Guine	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 engage	obl
83	_	_	PUNCT	_	84 ⎫	punct
84	⎫	⎫	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 Guine	conj
85	_	_	PUNCT	_	86 Gwine	punct
86	Gwine	Gwine	PROPN	Number=Sing	82 Guine	conj
87	_	_	PUNCT	_	88 ⎭	punct
88	⎭	⎭	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 Guine	appos
89	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	88 ⎭	acl
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 going	punct
91	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	89 going	conj
92	to	to	PART	_	91 going	fixed

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	engage	infinitive	Gage	Guine and ⎫ and Gwine				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	hire	infinitive	Gage not said here	Gedder				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gedder=Theme
3	gather	infinitive	Gage not said here					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	collect	infinitive	Gage not said here	Gelt				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gelt=Theme
5	girt	to-infinitive		Gem				tree rules
6	give	to-infinitive						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
7	give	past	Gen			again	Gie vocative	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
8	give	infinitive		Gimme				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gimme=Theme
9	give	infinitive			me		Glec vocative	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
10	neglect	infinitive		Glub and gloves and Graff				vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glub=Theme
11	grab	infinitive		Gree				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gree=Theme
12	agree speech: agree	infinitive	Gage not said here					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	consent	infinitive		Grine salt				tree rules
14	fly	infinitive	Gage not said here				round property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	go	gerund	⎭ not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
16	go	gerund	⎭ not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 16