--- title: If we may credit the text of the “Brevis Narratio” of Le Moyne de Mo… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: If we may credit the text of the “Brevis Narratio” of Le Moyne de Morgues, the Florida Indians were addicted to similar sport, and Plate XXVI may well be claimed in practical illustration of the amusement to which we are now alluding. Who acts: we, you. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/44/) [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/) / 44 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 44 If we may credit the text of the “Brevis Narratio” of Le Moyne de Morgues, the Florida Indians were addicted to similar sport, and Plate XXVI may well be claimed in practical illustration of the amusement to which we are now alluding. **Who acts:** we, you · **What happens:** text, addict, plate, claim, allude, illustrate · **To what, where:** Florida Indians, XXVI, practical illustration, amusement 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 (we, you), 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:pg76586:13:44 # text = If we may credit the text of the “Brevis Narratio” of Le Moyne de Morgues, the Florida Indians were addicted to similar sport, and Plate XXVI may well be claimed in practical illustration of the amusement to which we are now alluding. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Brevis Brevis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Narratio Narratio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Le Le PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 Moyne Moyne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 de de ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Morgues Morgues PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Florida Florida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 addicted addict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 Plate plate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 XXVI XXVI PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 claimed claim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 practical practical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 illustration illustration NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 alluding allude VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **text** *a condition, not said to happen* | may | we | | | | | of the Brevis Narratio of Le de Morgues | tree rules | | 2 | **addict** | past · passive | | the Florida Indians | | | | to similar sport | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient to sport=Theme | | 3 | **plate** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **claim** *speech: other* | may · passive | | XXVI | | practical illustration of the amusement | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **allude** | present · progressive | we | | | | now | to the amusement | tree rules | | 6 | **illustrate** | | | the amusement | | | | | nom illustration «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/)