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title: The frolic was joyous, and the exultant shouts of those engaged in t… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The frolic was joyous, and the exultant shouts of those engaged in the sport awakened strange echoes in the depths of the dank and moss-clad swamps. Who acts: frolic, exultant, those. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 1
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 43

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The frolic was joyous, and the exultant shouts of those engaged in the sport awakened strange echoes in the depths of the dank and moss-clad swamps.

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**Who acts:** frolic, exultant, those · **What happens:** be, shout, engage, awaken · **To what, where:** sport, strange echoes, depths · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (frolic, exultant, those), 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:pg76586:13:43
# text = The frolic was joyous, and the exultant shouts of those engaged in the sport awakened strange echoes in the depths of the dank and moss-clad swamps.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frolic	frolic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	joyous	joyous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	exultant	exultant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
12	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	awakened	awaken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
17	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	echoes	echo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	depths	depth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
24	dank	dank	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	clad	clad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	conj	_	_
29	swamps	swamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the frolic |  |  |  |  | joyous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the exultant |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **engage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in the sport *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in sport=Goal |
| 4 | **awaken** | past | those | strange echoes |  | the depths of the dank swamps |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location echo=Theme |

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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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