Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 17

_Haffer_, have to, had to _Hair rise_, badly frightened _Haky_ ⎫ _Harky_⎭ hearken to, heed _Han_, hand _Hanker_, long for, desire _Hatchich_, hatchet _Head_, get the better of _Head um_, get ahead of him _Hebby_, heavy _Holler_, halloo, hollow _Hoona_, you _Hot_, to hurt _Huccum_, how happens it, why, how come _Huddy_, how d’ye do

Who acts: Haffer, ⎭, Hatchich, d’ye · What happens: have, rise, frighten, hearken, heed, hand · To what, where: Hair, Haky, Han, Head, Huccum, Huddy

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 (Haffer, ⎭, Hatchich, d’ye), 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 Haffer	punct
2	Haffer	Haffer	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Haffer	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Haffer	punct
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	5 have	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 have	parataxis
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Hair	case
10	_	_	PUNCT	_	11 Hair	punct
11	Hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rise	obl
12	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	xcomp
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 rise	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 frightened	punct
15	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 frightened	advmod
16	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 had	parataxis
17	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 Haky	punct
18	Haky	Haky	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 hearken	obl
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 ⎫	punct
20	⎫	⎫	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Haky	conj
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 Haky	punct
22	Harky	Harky	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Haky	flat
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 ⎭	punct
24	⎭	⎭	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 hearken	nsubj
25	hearken	hearken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 frightened	parataxis
26	to	to	ADP	_	25 hearken	case
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 heed	punct
28	heed	heed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 hearken	conj
29	_	_	PUNCT	_	30 Han	punct
30	Han	Han	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 heed	obj
31	_	_	PUNCT	_	30 Han	punct
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 hand	punct
33	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 heed	conj
34	_	_	PUNCT	_	38 long	punct
35	Hanker	Hanker	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 long	nsubj
36	_	_	PUNCT	_	35 Hanker	punct
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 long	punct
38	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 hand	conj
39	for	for	ADP	_	41 desire	case
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 desire	punct
41	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 long	obl
42	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 hatchet	punct
43	Hatchich	Hatchich	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 hatchet	nsubj
44	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 Hatchich	punct
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 hatchet	punct
46	hatchet	hatchet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 hearken	conj
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	48 Head	punct
48	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 hatchet	obj
49	_	_	PUNCT	_	48 Head	punct
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 get	punct
51	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	46 hatchet	parataxis
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 better	det
53	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	51 get	xcomp
54	of	of	ADP	_	57 um	case
55	_	_	PUNCT	_	57 um	punct
56	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 um	compound
57	um	um	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 better	obl
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 get	discourse
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 get	punct
60	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 hatchet	conj
61	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	60 get	advmod
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 him	case
63	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 ahead	obl
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	65 Hebby	punct
65	Hebby	Hebby	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 hatchet	parataxis
66	_	_	PUNCT	_	65 Hebby	punct
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 heavy	punct
68	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 Holler	amod
69	_	_	PUNCT	_	68 heavy	punct
70	Holler	Holler	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Hebby	conj
71	_	_	PUNCT	_	65 Hebby	punct
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 halloo	punct
73	halloo	halloo	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 Hebby	conj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 hollow	punct
75	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 Hebby	parataxis
76	_	_	PUNCT	_	77 Hoona	punct
77	Hoona	Hoona	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 hollow	obl
78	_	_	PUNCT	_	65 Hebby	punct
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 Hot	punct
80	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	82 Hot	nsubj
81	_	_	PUNCT	_	82 Hot	punct
82	Hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 have	parataxis
83	_	_	PUNCT	_	82 Hot	punct
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 hurt	punct
85	to	to	PART	_	86 hurt	mark
86	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	conj
87	_	_	PUNCT	_	88 Huccum	punct
88	Huccum	Huccum	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 hurt	obj
89	_	_	PUNCT	_	88 Huccum	punct
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 happens	punct
91	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	92 happens	advmod
92	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	88 Huccum	acl:relcl
93	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 happens	obj
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 why	punct
95	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	98 come	advmod
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 come	punct
97	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	98 come	advmod
98	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 happens	parataxis
99	_	_	PUNCT	_	100 Huddy	punct
100	Huddy	Huddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	98 come	obj
101	_	_	PUNCT	_	100 Huddy	punct
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 do	punct
103	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	105 do	advmod
104	d’ye	d'ye	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 do	nsubj
105	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	98 come	parataxis

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	Haffer				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	have	past					tree rules
3	rise	infinitive			Hair		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hair=Initial_Location
4	frighten	participle				badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	hearken	present	⎭	Haky and ⎫			tree rules
6	heed	infinitive	⎭ not said here	Han			vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent han=Theme
7	hand	infinitive	⎭ not said here				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	hatchet	infinitive	Hatchich	Head		Hebby and heavy Holler and halloo parataxis	tree rules
9	get	infinitive				good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
10	get	infinitive	Hatchich not said here			ahead property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
11	hurt	to-infinitive	Haffer not said here	Huccum			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huccum=Patient
12	happen	present		head			tree rules
13	come	infinitive		Huddy			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location huddy=Theme
14	do	present	d’ye				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 15, sentence 17