--- title: A stunning blow having thus been delivered, the victim was caught in… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: A stunning blow having thus been delivered, the victim was caught in the open jaws, and thence transported to the dwelling-place of the reptile, where it was guarded until decomposition had fairly supervened. Who acts: stunning blow. 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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 (stunning blow), 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:pg76586:13:53 # text = A stunning blow having thus been delivered, the victim was caught in the open jaws, and thence transported to the dwelling-place of the reptile, where it was guarded until decomposition had fairly supervened. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stunning stun VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 thence thence ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 reptile reptile NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 until until SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 decomposition decomposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 supervened supervene VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stun** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | gerund | a stunning blow *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **deliver** | participle · passive | a stunning blow *not said here* | | | | | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **catch** | past · passive | | a stunning blow | | the open jaws | | the victim *nsubj:pass* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **transport** | participle | | | | | | to the dwelling place of the reptile; thence *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **guard** | past · passive | | victim | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 7 | **supervene** | past · perfect · passive | | decomposition | | | | fairly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/13/)