--- title: Upon the reflux of the tide, entering the inclosure, this reptile go… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon the reflux of the tide, entering the inclosure, this reptile gorged itself upon the fishes there detained, and incurred the wrath of Cuffee, whose frying-pan was thus cheated out of its anticipated evening broil. Who acts: reptile, fishes, pan. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/33/) [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/) / 33 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 33 Upon the reflux of the tide, entering the inclosure, this reptile gorged itself upon the fishes there detained, and incurred the wrath of Cuffee, whose frying-pan was thus cheated out of its anticipated evening broil. **Who acts:** reptile, fishes, pan · **What happens:** enter, gorge, detain, incur, cheat out, anticipate · **To what, where:** inclosure, wrath, frying pan, anticipated evening broil 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 (reptile, fishes, pan), 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:pg76586:13:33 # text = Upon the reflux of the tide, entering the inclosure, this reptile gorged itself upon the fishes there detained, and incurred the wrath of Cuffee, whose frying-pan was thus cheated out of its anticipated evening broil. 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reflux reflux NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 inclosure inclosure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 reptile reptile NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gorged gorge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 detained detain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 incurred incur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Cuffee Cuffee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 frying frying NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 thus thus ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 cheated cheat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 anticipated anticipate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 40 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 broil broil NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | gerund | this reptile *not said here* | the inclosure | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme inclosure=Destination | | 2 | **gorge** | past | this reptile | inclosure | | | | upon the reflux of the tide; upon the fishes | tree rules | | 3 | **detain** | past | the fishes *not said here* | | | there | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **incur** | past | this reptile *not said here* | the wrath of Cuffee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cheat out** | past · passive | | frying pan | | pan's anticipated evening broil | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **anticipate** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **broil** | | pan | | | | | | nom broil «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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/)