--- title: In the first place, her brother, John Huntingdon, had become a citiz… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: In the first place, her brother, John Huntingdon, had become a citizen of Georgia--having astonished his acquaintances by marrying a young lady, the male members of whose family had achieved considerable distinction in the Confederate army; in the second place, she was anxious to explore a region wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/) / [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/) / 2 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, A Story of the War, sentence 2 In the first place, her brother, John Huntingdon, had become a citizen of Georgia--having astonished his acquaintances by marrying a young lady, the male members of whose family had achieved considerable distinction in the Confederate army; in the second place, she was anxious to explore a region which she almost unconsciously pictured to herself as remote and semi- barbarous; and, in the third place, her friends had persuaded her that to some extent she was an invalid. **Who acts:** Vermont, friends, Georgia · **What happens:** become, astonish, marry, achieve, be, explore · **To what, where:** citizen, first place, acquaintances, young lady, region, Vermont This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, A Story of the War. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vermont, friends, Georgia), 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:pg2306:46:2 # text = In the first place, her brother, John Huntingdon, had become a citizen of Georgia--having astonished his acquaintances by marrying a young lady, the male members of whose family had achieved considerable distinction in the Confederate army; in the second place, she was anxious to explore a region which she almost unconsciously pictured to herself as remote and semi- barbarous; and, in the third place, her friends had persuaded her that to some extent she was an invalid. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 Huntingdon Huntingdon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 citizen citizen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Georgia Georgia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 acquaintances acquaintance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 by by SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 achieved achieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 37 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Confederate Confederate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 amod _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 explore explore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 almost almost ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 unconsciously unconsciously ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 pictured picture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl:relcl _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 60 obl _ _ 63 as as ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 semi semi ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ _ 68 barbarous barbarous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ; ; PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 75 amod _ _ 75 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 nsubj _ _ 79 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 parataxis _ _ 81 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obj _ _ 82 that that SCONJ IN _ 89 mark _ _ 83 to to ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 85 det _ _ 85 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ _ 86 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 87 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 89 cop _ _ 88 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 89 invalid invalid NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past · perfect | | a citizen of Georgia | | | | in the first place and Vermont's brother *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Result | | 2 | **astonish** | gerund · perfect | | Georgia's acquaintances | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus acquaintance=Experiencer | | 3 | **marry** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **achieve** | past · perfect · passive | | a young lady the male members of the male members of family's family | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Vermont | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **explore** | to-infinitive | Vermont *not said here* | a region | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent region=Location | | 7 | **picture** | participle · passive | | a region | Vermont | | | as remote; unconsciously *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as remote=Attribute | | 8 | **persuade** | past · perfect | Vermont's friends | Vermont | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **is a** | past | Vermont | a invalid | | | | to some extent | tree rules | | 10 | **acquaint** | | Georgia | | | | | | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/3/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)