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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 8

Then, not in a vision, but in reality, as we believe, the good old man claimed and was accorded his seat in the “mansion not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.”

Who acts: we, good old man · What happens: believe, claim, accord, not make · To what, where: reality, seat, mansion, vision · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (we, good old man), 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

advmodpunctadvmodcasedetpunctcccaseoblpunctmarknsubjacl:relclpunctdetamodamodnsubjparataxisccaux:passconjnmod:possobjcasedetpunctobladvmodaclcaseoblpunctconjcasedetnmodpunctpunctrootThenADV,PUNCTnotPARTinADPaDETvisionNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJinADPrealityNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJwePRONbelieveVERB,PUNCTtheDETgoodADJoldADJmanNOUNclaimedVERBandCCONJwasAUXaccordedVERBhisPRONseatNOUNinADPtheDET“PUNCTmansionNOUNnotPARTmadeVERBwithADPhandsNOUN,PUNCTeternalNOUNinADPtheDETHeavensPROPN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem6 visionadvmod
2,,PUNCT_6 visionpunct
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 visionadvmod
4ininADP_6 visioncase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 visiondet
6visionvisionNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7,,PUNCT_20 claimedpunct
8butbutCCONJ_20 claimedcc
9ininADP_10 realitycase
10realityrealityNOUNNumber=Sing20 claimedobl
11,,PUNCT_14 believepunct
12asasSCONJ_14 believemark
13wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs14 believensubj
14believebelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 realityacl:relcl
15,,PUNCT_10 realitypunct
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 mandet
17goodgoodADJDegree=Pos19 manamod
18oldoldADJDegree=Pos19 manamod
19manmanNOUNNumber=Sing20 claimednsubj
20claimedclaimVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 visionparataxis
21andandCCONJ_23 accordedcc
22wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 accordedaux:pass
23accordedaccordVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 claimedconj
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 seatnmod:poss
25seatseatNOUNNumber=Sing23 accordedobj
26ininADP_29 mansioncase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 mansiondet
28“"PUNCT_29 mansionpunct
29mansionmansionNOUNNumber=Sing23 accordedobl
30notnotPARTPolarity=Neg31 madeadvmod
31mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 mansionacl
32withwithADP_33 handscase
33handshandNOUNNumber=Plur31 madeobl
34,,PUNCT_35 eternalpunct
35eternaleternalNOUNNumber=Sing29 mansionconj
36ininADP_38 Heavenscase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 Heavensdet
38HeavensHeavenPROPNNumber=Plur35 eternalnmod
39..PUNCT_6 visionpunct
40”"PUNCT_6 visionpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1believepresentwereality not said herevn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reality=Stimulus
2claim speech: otherpastthe good old manrealityvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3accordpast · passivethe good old man not said hereman's seatthe mansion and eternal in the Heavensvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: seat=Theme
4not make in a quoteparticiplethe mansion and eternal in the Heavens not said herewith handsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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