Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 25

_Pahler_, parlor _Passon_, parson _Pate_, path _Pen pon_, depend upon _Perwision_, provisions _Pinder_, ground-nuts, peanuts _Pint_, direct, directed, point _Pintment_, appointment _Pit_, put, apply _Playpossum_, to fool, to practice deceit _Pledjuh_, pleasure _Po_, poor, pour _Pon_, upon _Pooty_, pretty _Pose_, post _Prommus_, promise _Pruppus_, on purpose _Pusson_, person

Who acts: Pahler · What happens: depend, direct, point, put, apply, fool · To what, where: provisions, Pint, Pintment, Playpossum, deceit, Po

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 (Pahler), 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 Pahler	punct
2	Pahler	Pahler	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 depend	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Pahler	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 parlor	punct
5	parlor	parlor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pahler	appos
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Pahler	punct
7	Passon	Passon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pahler	flat
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Pahler	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 parson	punct
10	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pahler	appos
11	_	_	ADP	_	12 Pate	case
12	Pate	Pate	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 parson	nmod
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Pahler	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 path	punct
15	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pahler	conj
16	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 pon	punct
17	Pen	Penn	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 pon	compound
18	pon	pon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Pahler	appos
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 pon	punct
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 depend	punct
21	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	upon	upon	ADP	_	24 Perwision	case
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 upon	punct
24	Perwision	Perwision	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 depend	obl
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	21 depend	discourse
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 provisions	punct
27	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 depend	obl
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	29 Pinder	punct
29	Pinder	pinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 provisions	conj
30	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 provisions	punct
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 nuts	punct
32	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 nuts	compound
33	-	-	PUNCT	_	32 ground	punct
34	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 provisions	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 peanuts	punct
36	peanuts	peanut	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 provisions	conj
37	_	_	PUNCT	_	38 Pint	punct
38	Pint	Pint	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 depend	obl
39	_	_	PUNCT	_	38 Pint	punct
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 direct	punct
41	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 Pint	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 directed	punct
43	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 Pint	acl:relcl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 point	punct
45	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 depend	conj
46	_	_	PUNCT	_	47 Pintment	punct
47	Pintment	pintment	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 point	obj
48	_	_	PUNCT	_	47 Pintment	punct
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 appointment	punct
50	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Pintment	conj
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 Pit	punct
52	Pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Pintment	appos
53	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 Pit	punct
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 put	punct
55	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 point	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 apply	punct
57	apply	apply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 point	conj
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	59 Playpossum	punct
59	Playpossum	Playpossum	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 apply	obj
60	_	_	PUNCT	_	57 apply	punct
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 fool	punct
62	to	to	PART	_	63 fool	mark
63	fool	fool	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	45 point	parataxis
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 practice	punct
65	to	to	PART	_	66 practice	mark
66	practice	practice	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	63 fool	parataxis
67	deceit	deceit	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 practice	obj
68	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 practice	punct
69	Pledjuh	pledjuh	INTJ	_	63 fool	discourse
70	_	_	PUNCT	_	63 fool	punct
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 pleasure	punct
72	pleasure	pleasure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	21 depend	parataxis
73	_	_	PUNCT	_	74 Po	punct
74	Po	Po	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 pleasure	obj
75	_	_	PUNCT	_	74 Po	punct
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 poor	punct
77	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 Po	amod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 pour	punct
79	pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	72 pleasure	conj
80	_	_	PUNCT	_	81 Pon	punct
81	Pon	Pon	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 pour	obj
82	_	_	PUNCT	_	81 Pon	punct
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 Pooty	punct
84	upon	upon	ADP	_	86 Pooty	case
85	_	_	PUNCT	_	84 upon	punct
86	Pooty	Pooty	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 pour	parataxis
87	_	_	PUNCT	_	86 Pooty	punct
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 Pose	punct
89	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	91 Pose	advmod
90	_	_	PUNCT	_	91 Pose	punct
91	Pose	pose	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 depend	obl
92	_	_	PUNCT	_	91 Pose	punct
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 post	punct
94	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 Pose	conj
95	_	_	PUNCT	_	96 Prommus	punct
96	Prommus	Prommus	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 depend	parataxis
97	_	_	PUNCT	_	96 Prommus	punct
98	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 promise	punct
99	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 depend	conj
100	_	_	PUNCT	_	101 Pruppus	punct
101	Pruppus	Pruppus	PROPN	Number=Sing	99 promise	obj
102	_	_	PUNCT	_	101 Pruppus	punct
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 purpose	punct
104	on	on	ADP	_	105 purpose	case
105	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 promise	obl
106	_	_	PUNCT	_	107 Pusson	punct
107	Pusson	Pusson	PROPN	Number=Sing	99 promise	obl
108	_	_	PUNCT	_	21 depend	discourse
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	110 person	punct
110	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 depend	obl

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	depend	present	Pahler and path	provisions and Pinder and ground nuts and peanuts			upon Perwision; Pint obl; Pose and post obl; person obl; Prommus parataxis	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	direct	participle		Pint not said here				vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	point	infinitive	Pahler and path not said here	Pintment and appointment				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pintment=Patient
4	put	infinitive	Pahler and path not said here					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5	apply	infinitive	Pahler and path not said here	Playpossum				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent playpossum=Theme
6	fool	to-infinitive						vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	practice	to-infinitive		deceit				vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deceit=Theme
8	pleasure	infinitive		Po				tree rules
9	pour	infinitive		Pon			Pooty parataxis	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pon=Patient
10	promise speech: promise	infinitive	Pahler and path not said here	Pusson	Pruppus	purpose		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pruppus=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 25