--- title: A number of the plantation legends originally appeared in the column… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: A number of the plantation legends originally appeared in the columns of a daily newspaper--The Atlanta Constitution and in that shape they attracted the attention of various gentlemen who were kind enough to suggest that they would prove to be valuable contributions to myth-literature. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (number, Constitution, various gentlemen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2306:1:32 # text = A number of the plantation legends originally appeared in the columns of a daily newspaper--The Atlanta Constitution and in that shape they attracted the attention of various gentlemen who were kind enough to suggest that they would prove to be valuable contributions to myth-literature. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 plantation plantation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 originally originally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Atlanta Atlanta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Constitution Constitution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 attracted attract VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 enough enough ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 suggest suggest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 contributions contribution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | a number of the plantation legends | | | the columns of a daily newspaper the Atlanta Constitution and that shape | | originally *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in column=Location | | 2 | **attract** | past | Constitution | the attention of various gentlemen | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | various gentlemen | | | | | enough, kind *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | to-infinitive | various gentlemen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **prove** | would | Constitution | valuable contributions | | | | to myth literature | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contribution=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | valuable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **attend** | | various gentlemen | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=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:** «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Project Gutenberg book 2306 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/33/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)