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title: Once persuaded of the fact that he had been thus conjured, the patie… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Once persuaded of the fact that he had been thus conjured, the patient became possessed of superstitious fears, and often complained of bodily “miseries,” which apparently defied the power of the healing art, and were wholly dissipated only when some atonement was made for the alleged wrong, or paym
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 100

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Once persuaded of the fact that he had been thus conjured, the patient became possessed of superstitious fears, and often complained of bodily “miseries,” which apparently defied the power of the healing art, and were wholly dissipated only when some atonement was made for the alleged wrong, or payment offered to have the spell broken through the intervention of the conjurer who had devised it.

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**Who acts:** miseries, conjurer · **What happens:** persuade, conjure, possess, complain, defy, dissipate · **To what, where:** enmity, patient, power, atonement, payment, spell

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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 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (miseries, conjurer), 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:pg76586:13:100
# text = Once persuaded of the fact that he had been thus conjured, the patient became possessed of superstitious fears, and often complained of bodily “miseries,” which apparently defied the power of the healing art, and were wholly dissipated only when some atonement was made for the alleged wrong, or payment offered to have the spell broken through the intervention of the conjurer who had devised it.
1	Once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	conjured	conjure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	superstitious	superstitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	fears	fear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	often	often	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	complained	complain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	parataxis	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	bodily	bodily	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	miseries	misery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
31	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	defied	defy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux:pass	_	_
42	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	dissipated	dissipate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	conj	_	_
44	only	only	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
45	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	49	mark	_	_
46	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	47	det	_	_
47	atonement	atonement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	advcl	_	_
50	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	alleged	allege	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	amod	_	_
53	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	parataxis	_	_
57	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	acl	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	advcl	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
62	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	acl	_	_
63	through	through	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	conjurer	conjurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	_
69	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	71	nsubj	_	_
70	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
71	devised	devise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	68	acl:relcl	_	_
72	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of the fact | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conjure** | past · perfect · passive |  | enmity |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **possess** | past · passive |  | the patient |  |  |  | of superstitious fears | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **complain** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of miseries; often *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **defy** | past | miseries | the power of the healing art |  |  |  | apparently *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **dissipate** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
| 7 | **make** | past · passive |  | some atonement |  |  |  | payment *parataxis*; wrong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 8 | **allege** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **offer** | participle |  | payment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | the spell |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient |
| 11 | **break** | participle |  | the spell *not said here* |  | the intervention of the conjurer |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through intervention=Location |
| 12 | **devise** | past · perfect | the conjurer | spell |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 13 | **intervene** |  | the conjurer |  |  |  |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=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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