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title: The old man’s services were frequently called into requisition, and… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The old man’s services were frequently called into requisition, and his reputation so increased that numbers from adjacent plantations sought and obtained relief at his hands. Who acts: reputation, numbers, old man, man. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by C
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 127

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The old man’s services were frequently called into requisition, and his reputation so increased that numbers from adjacent plantations sought and obtained relief at his hands.

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**Who acts:** reputation, numbers, old man, man · **What happens:** call, increase, seek, obtain, service, repute · **To what, where:** services, requisition, relief, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (reputation, numbers, old man, man), 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:pg76586:12:127
# text = The old man’s services were frequently called into requisition, and his reputation so increased that numbers from adjacent plantations sought and obtained relief at his hands.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	’s	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	requisition	requisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	increased	increase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
18	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	plantations	plantation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
22	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
25	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
26	at	at	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the old man's services |  | requisition |  | frequently *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic into requisition=Recipient |
| 2 | **increase** | past | man's reputation |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **seek** | past | numbers from adjacent plantations |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **obtain** | past | numbers from adjacent plantations *not said here* | relief |  | reputation's hands |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset relief=Theme |
| 5 | **service** |  | the old man |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **repute** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=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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