--- title: In order to dissipate the general terror which these strange saurian… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: In order to dissipate the general terror which these strange saurians inspired, Mr. Oglethorpe, having wounded and caught one of them, caused it to be carried to Savannah, where he “made the boys bait it with sticks, and finally pelt and beat it to death.” Who acts: general terror, Francis, boys. 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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 (general terror, Francis, boys), 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:pg76586:13:22 # text = In order to dissipate the general terror which these strange saurians inspired, Mr. Oglethorpe, having wounded and caught one of them, caused it to be carried to Savannah, where he “made the boys bait it with sticks, and finally pelt and beat it to death.” 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 dissipate dissipate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 saurians saurian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 inspired inspire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:desc _ _ 15 Oglethorpe Oglethorpe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Savannah Savannah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bait bait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 finally finally ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 pelt pelt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissipate** | to-infinitive | | the general terror | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent terror=Patient | | 2 | **saurian** | | the general terror | | | | | Oglethorpe Mr. *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **inspire** | participle | | this strange saurians *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | wounded *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **catch** | past | | one of saurians | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cause** | past | | terror | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient | | 7 | **carry** | to-infinitive · passive | | | Savannah | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to savannah=Destination | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Francis | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **bait** *in a quote* | present | the boys | terror | | | | with sticks | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with stick=Theme | | 10 | **pelt** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | finally *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 11 | **beat** *in a quote* | present | | terror | death | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to death=Recipient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/23/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/)