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title: We refer to the swamp region of Georgia and the Carolinas, where the… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: We refer to the swamp region of Georgia and the Carolinas, where the lingo of the rice-field and the sea-island negroes is _sui generis_, and where myths and fanciful stories, often repeated before the war, and now seldom heard save during the gayer moods of the old plantation darkies, materially di
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 1, sentence 19

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We refer to the swamp region of Georgia and the Carolinas, where the lingo of the rice-field and the sea-island negroes is \_sui generis\_, and where myths and fanciful stories, often repeated before the war, and now seldom heard save during the gayer moods of the old plantation darkies, materially differ from those narrated by the sable dwellers in the interior.

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**Who acts:** We · **What happens:** refer, repeat, hear, save, differ, narrate · **To what, where:** myths

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This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg76586:1:19
# text = We refer to the swamp region of Georgia and the Carolinas, where the lingo of the rice-field and the sea-island negroes is _sui generis_, and where myths and fanciful stories, often repeated before the war, and now seldom heard save during the gayer moods of the old plantation darkies, materially differ from those narrated by the sable dwellers in the interior.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refer	refer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Carolinas	Carolinas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	27	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lingo	lingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
23	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	negroes	negro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	sui	sui	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
30	generis	generis	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	29	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	2	conj	_	_
35	myths	myth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	fanciful	fanciful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	often	often	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl	_	_
42	before	before	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
48	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
50	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
51	during	during	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	gayer	gay	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	54	amod	_	_
54	moods	mood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
58	plantation	plantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	darkies	darkie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	materially	materially	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	parataxis	_	_
63	from	from	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	62	obl	_	_
65	narrated	narrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	64	acl	_	_
66	by	by	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	sable	sable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	dwellers	dweller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	obl	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  | myths and fanciful stories *not said here* |  |  | before the war | often *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **hear** | past |  |  |  |  | now | seldom *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **save** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | during the gayer moods of the old plantation darkies |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **differ** | present |  |  |  |  |  | from those; materially *property* | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from that=Co-Theme |
| 6 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the sable dwellers in the interior | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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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