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title: Among other duties devolved upon him was the general supervision of… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Among other duties devolved upon him was the general supervision of the plantation infirmary where the sick were carefully nursed and supplied with medicine and suitable food. Who acts: intervention. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones,
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 111

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Among other duties devolved upon him was the general supervision of the plantation infirmary where the sick were carefully nursed and supplied with medicine and suitable food.

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**Who acts:** intervention · **What happens:** devolve, be, nurse, supply · **To what, where:** sick

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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 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (intervention), 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:pg76586:12:111
# text = Among other duties devolved upon him was the general supervision of the plantation infirmary where the sick were carefully nursed and supplied with medicine and suitable food.
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
4	devolved	devolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	supervision	supervision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	plantation	plantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	infirmary	infirmary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	nursed	nurse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devolve** | past |  |  |  |  |  | among other duties | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | intervention |  |  |  |  | upon the general supervision; of the plantation infirmary | tree rules |
| 3 | **nurse** | past · passive |  | the sick |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **supply** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with medicine and suitable food | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with medicine=Theme |

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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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