--- title: Recovering himself in a trice, and holding aloft the forceps, which… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Recovering himself in a trice, and holding aloft the forceps, which still infolded in its remorseless fangs the gory molar, with an indescribable air of commingled dignity, scorn, and triumph addressing the discomfited victim of his professional skill, old Jack exclaimed: “Haw, Boy! when I graff my --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/16/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/) / 16 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 16 Recovering himself in a trice, and holding aloft the forceps, which still infolded in its remorseless fangs the gory molar, with an indescribable air of commingled dignity, scorn, and triumph addressing the discomfited victim of his professional skill, old Jack exclaimed: “Haw, Boy! when I graff my han on er teet, eh bown fuh come, er de jaw pop,--one er tarruh.” **Who acts:** Recovering, triumph, bown · **What happens:** recover, hold, infold, fang, commingle, address · **To what, where:** John, trice, aloft forceps, remorseless, gory molar, discomfited victim · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Recovering, triumph, bown), 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:pg76586:13:16 # text = Recovering himself in a trice, and holding aloft the forceps, which still infolded in its remorseless fangs the gory molar, with an indescribable air of commingled dignity, scorn, and triumph addressing the discomfited victim of his professional skill, old Jack exclaimed: “Haw, Boy! when I graff my han on er teet, eh bown fuh come, er de jaw pop,--one er tarruh.” 1 Recovering recover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 csubj _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trice trice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 conj _ _ 9 aloft aloft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forceps forceps NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 infolded infold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 remorseless remorseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 19 fangs fang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 gory gory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 molar molar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 indescribable indescribable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 commingled commingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 35 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 36 addressing address VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 discomfited discomfit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 professional professional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Haw haw NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ 54 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 graff graff VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 57 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 teet teet NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 eh eh INTJ UH _ 66 discourse _ _ 64 bown bown NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 65 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 66 discourse _ _ 66 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 er er VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 69 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 68 obl _ _ 70 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ _ 71 pop pop NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 -- -- PUNCT : _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 75 nummod _ _ 75 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ _ 76 tarruh tarruh NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | gerund | | John | | a trice | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | | the aloft forceps | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forceps=Theme | | 3 | **infold** | participle · passive | | the aloft forceps | | trice's remorseless | still | | tree rules | | 4 | **fang** | present | Recovering | the gory molar | | | | with a indescribable air of commingled dignity and scorn | tree rules | | 5 | **commingle** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **address** | gerund | triumph *not said here* | the discomfited victim of John's professional skill | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Destination | | 7 | **discomfit** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | triumph | Haw | | | | old Jack *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent haw=Topic | | 9 | **graff** *in a quote* | present | triumph | my han | | er teet | | | tree rules | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | bown | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **er** *in a quote* | infinitive | bown *not said here* | de | | | | jaw pop *obj* | tree rules | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/)