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title: Application was made to his master for the immediate purchase of cer… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Application was made to his master for the immediate purchase of certain designated lancets, and for pairs of forceps, both straight and curved. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 12, with its dependency tree and the pra
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 123

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Application was made to his master for the immediate purchase of certain designated lancets, and for pairs of forceps, both straight and curved.

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**What happens:** make, designate, curve, purchase · **To what, where:** Application, certain designated lancets

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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: 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:pg76586:12:123
# text = Application was made to his master for the immediate purchase of certain designated lancets, and for pairs of forceps, both straight and curved.
1	Application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	lancets	lancet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	forceps	forceps	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc:preconj	_	_
23	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Application |  |  |  | to ingenuity's master for the immediate purchase of certain designated lancets | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **designate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for pairs of forceps; straight *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
| 4 | **purchase** |  |  | certain designated lancets |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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