--- title: In the conduct of plantations, difficulty and annoyance were not inf… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: In the conduct of plantations, difficulty and annoyance were not infrequently experienced from the interference of these old negro women,--conjurers,--who, in plying their secret trade, gave rise to disturbances and promoted strife and disquietude. Who acts: old negro women, women. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old negro women, women), 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:pg76586:13:101 # text = In the conduct of plantations, difficulty and annoyance were not infrequently experienced from the interference of these old negro women,--conjurers,--who, in plying their secret trade, gave rise to disturbances and promoted strife and disquietude. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 plantations plantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 annoyance annoyance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 infrequently infrequently ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 experienced experience VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 interference interference NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 conjurers conjurer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 in in SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 plying ply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 36 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 disturbances disturbance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 promoted promote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 strife strife NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 disquietude disquietude NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **experience** | past · passive | | | | the conduct of plantations and difficulty and annoyance | | from the interference of old negro women these and conjurers; infrequently *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP» | | 2 | **ply** | gerund | | women's secret trade | | | | who *nsubj* | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent trade=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | past | | rise | disturbances | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to disturbance=Recipient | | 4 | **promote** | past | | strife and disquietude | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strife=Theme | | 5 | **conduct** | | | plantations and difficulty and annoyance | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **interfere** | | old negro women these and conjurers | | | | | | nom interference «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **trade** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/102/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/)