--- title: Acquiring considerable knowledge in the treatment of ordinary diseas… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Acquiring considerable knowledge in the treatment of ordinary diseases incident to climate and exposure, he had become, in the estimation of his fellow-servants, a famous leech; and was at all times prepared, with entire self-possession and dignity, to indulge in blood-letting, to administer purgati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/112/) [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/) / [Negro myths from the Georgia coast, to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/) / 112 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 112 Acquiring considerable knowledge in the treatment of ordinary diseases incident to climate and exposure, he had become, in the estimation of his fellow-servants, a famous leech; and was at all times prepared, with entire self-possession and dignity, to indulge in blood-letting, to administer purgatives, prescribe hot baths, and recommend tonics. **Who acts:** intervention · **What happens:** acquire, become, be, prepare, indulge, let · **To what, where:** considerable knowledge, treatment, estimation, times, purgatives, hot baths 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. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76586:12:112 # text = Acquiring considerable knowledge in the treatment of ordinary diseases incident to climate and exposure, he had become, in the estimation of his fellow-servants, a famous leech; and was at all times prepared, with entire self-possession and dignity, to indulge in blood-letting, to administer purgatives, prescribe hot baths, and recommend tonics. 1 Acquiring acquire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 2 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 diseases disease NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 incident incident NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 climate climate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 exposure exposure NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 estimation estimation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 leech leech NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 indulge indulge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 50 in in SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 administer administer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 57 purgatives purgative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 prescribe prescribe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 conj _ _ 60 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 baths bath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 recommend recommend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 65 tonics tonic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acquire** | gerund | intervention *not said here* | considerable knowledge | | the treatment of ordinary diseases and incident | | to climate and exposure | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset knowledge=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past · perfect | intervention | the estimation of intervention's fellow servants and a famous leech | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | at all times | | tree rules | | 4 | **prepare** | participle | | all times *not said here* | | | | entire self possession and dignity *parataxis* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **indulge** | to-infinitive | intervention *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | gerund | intervention *not said here* | | | | | blood *compound* | tree rules | | 7 | **administer** | to-infinitive | intervention *not said here* | purgatives | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent purgative=Theme | | 8 | **prescribe** | infinitive | intervention *not said here* | hot baths | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **recommend** | present | intervention *not said here* | tonics | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tonic=Theme | | 10 | **treat** | | | ordinary diseases | | | | | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **estimate** | | | intervention's fellow servants | | | | | nom estimation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/113/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/)