Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 23

_Nabor_, neighbor _Narruh_, another _Nebber_, never _Nekked_, naked _Nes_, nest _New Nigger_, a negro fresh from Africa _Nigh_, to draw near to _Notus_, notice, observe _Noung_, young _Nudder_, another _Nuff_, enough _Nummine_, never mind _Nurrer_, neither, another _Nuse_, use, employ _Nussen_, used to, accustomed to _Nuss_, nurse _Nuttne_, nothing

Who acts: Nabor · What happens: draw, notice, observe, not mind, use, employ · To what, where: Nuttne, Notus, young Nudder, Noung, Nurrer, Nussen

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 (Nabor), 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 Nabor	punct
2	Nabor	Nabor	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 draw	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Nabor	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 neighbor	punct
5	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	appos
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Nabor	punct
7	Narruh	Narruh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	flat
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Nabor	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Nebber	punct
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 Nebber	det
11	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Nebber	punct
12	Nebber	Nebber	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	appos
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Nebber	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Nekked	punct
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 Nekked	advmod
16	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 Nekked	punct
17	Nekked	Nekked	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	appos
18	_	_	PUNCT	_	17 Nekked	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 naked	punct
20	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Nabor	parataxis
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 Nes	punct
22	Nes	Ne	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Nabor	appos
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 Nes	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 nest	punct
25	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	conj
26	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 Nigger	punct
27	New	New	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Nigger	amod
28	Nigger	Nigger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	appos
29	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 Nigger	punct
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 negro	punct
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 negro	det
32	negro	negro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Nabor	appos
33	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 negro	amod
34	from	from	ADP	_	35 Africa	case
35	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 fresh	obl
36	_	_	PUNCT	_	38 _	punct
37	Nigh	nigh	ADV	_	38 _	advmod
38	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Nabor	punct
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 draw	punct
40	to	to	PART	_	41 draw	mark
41	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
42	near	near	ADP	_	45 Notus	case
43	to	to	ADP	_	42 near	fixed
44	_	_	PUNCT	_	42 near	punct
45	Notus	Notus	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 draw	obl
46	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 draw	punct
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 notice	punct
48	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 draw	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 observe	punct
50	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 notice	conj
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 Noung	punct
52	Noung	Noung	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 observe	obj
53	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 Noung	punct
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 young	punct
55	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 Nudder	amod
56	_	_	PUNCT	_	55 young	punct
57	Nudder	Nudder	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 notice	obl
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	57 Nudder	punct
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 Nuff	punct
60	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	62 Nuff	det
61	_	_	PUNCT	_	62 Nuff	punct
62	Nuff	Nuff	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Nudder	appos
63	_	_	PUNCT	_	62 Nuff	punct
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 enough	punct
65	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 Nuff	conj
66	_	_	PUNCT	_	67 Nummine	punct
67	Nummine	Nummine	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 Nuff	conj
68	_	_	PUNCT	_	62 Nuff	punct
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 mind	punct
70	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	71 mind	advmod
71	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 notice	conj
72	_	_	PUNCT	_	73 Nurrer	punct
73	Nurrer	Nurrer	PROPN	Number=Sing	71 mind	obj
74	_	_	PUNCT	_	73 Nurrer	punct
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 neither	punct
76	neither	neither	ADV	_	41 draw	advmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 Nuse	punct
78	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	80 Nuse	det
79	_	_	PUNCT	_	80 Nuse	punct
80	Nuse	Nuse	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 draw	parataxis
81	_	_	PUNCT	_	80 Nuse	punct
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 use	punct
83	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 draw	conj
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 employ	punct
85	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 draw	conj
86	_	_	PUNCT	_	87 Nussen	punct
87	Nussen	Nussen	PROPN	Number=Sing	85 employ	obj
88	_	_	PUNCT	_	87 Nussen	punct
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 used	punct
90	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 draw	parataxis
91	to	to	PART	_	90 used	xcomp
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 accustomed	punct
93	accustomed	accustom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 used	conj
94	to	to	ADP	_	96 Nuss	case
95	_	_	PUNCT	_	94 to	punct
96	Nuss	Nuss	PROPN	Number=Sing	93 accustomed	obl:agent
97	_	_	PUNCT	_	96 Nuss	punct
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 nurse	punct
99	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 Nuss	appos
100	_	_	PUNCT	_	101 Nuttne	punct
101	Nuttne	Nuttne	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 draw	obl
102	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 draw	punct
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 nothing	punct
104	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	41 draw	obl

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	draw	to-infinitive	Nabor and nest	Nuttne	Notus	nothing obl; another Nuse parataxis; neither property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	notice	infinitive	Nabor and nest not said here	young Nudder			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	observe	infinitive	Nabor and nest not said here	Noung			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent noung=Topic
4	not mind	infinitive	Nabor and nest not said here	Nurrer			vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurrer=Theme
5	use	infinitive	Nabor and nest not said here				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	employ	infinitive	Nabor and nest not said here	Nussen			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nussen=Theme
7	use	participle					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	accustom	participle				Nuss obl:agent	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 23