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title: The great demand for their skins which has arisen of late, the use o… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The great demand for their skins which has arisen of late, the use of the rifle in the hands of the tourist, and the employment of the shot-gun by the freedmen have united in causing a frightful mortality among these reptiles. Who acts: freedmen. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, to
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 50

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The great demand for their skins which has arisen of late, the use of the rifle in the hands of the tourist, and the employment of the shot-gun by the freedmen have united in causing a frightful mortality among these reptiles.

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**Who acts:** freedmen · **What happens:** arise, unite, cause, demand, use, employ · **To what, where:** skins, great demand, frightful mortality, rifle, shot gun

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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 (freedmen), 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:pg76586:13:50
# text = The great demand for their skins which has arisen of late, the use of the rifle in the hands of the tourist, and the employment of the shot-gun by the freedmen have united in causing a frightful mortality among these reptiles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	arisen	arise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rifle	rifle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
33	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	freedmen	freedman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
36	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	united	unite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
38	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
39	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	frightful	frightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
43	among	among	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	45	det	_	_
45	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | present · perfect · passive |  | demand's skins |  |  |  | of late | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **unite** | present · perfect · passive |  | the great demand for demand's skins by the freedmen and the use of the rifle in the hands of the tourist and the employment of the shot gun |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** | gerund |  | a frightful mortality |  |  |  | among this reptiles | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mortality=Patient |
| 4 | **demand** |  | the freedmen |  |  |  |  | for demand's skins | nom demand «communication transitive»: for=obl by=agent |
| 5 | **use** |  |  | the rifle in the hands of the tourist |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **employ** |  |  | the shot gun |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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