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title: The fabrication of Fetiches, and their sale to those who desired to… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The fabrication of Fetiches, and their sale to those who desired to utilize the powers of the deities which they were supposed to represent, were monopolized by old women, who derived considerable gain from this calling. Who acts: old women, fabrication. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia c
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 94

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The fabrication of Fetiches, and their sale to those who desired to utilize the powers of the deities which they were supposed to represent, were monopolized by old women, who derived considerable gain from this calling.

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**Who acts:** old women, fabrication · **What happens:** desire, utilize, suppose, represent, monopolize, derive · **To what, where:** powers, deities, sale, considerable gain, calling, Fetiches

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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 (old women, fabrication), 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:pg76586:13:94
# text = The fabrication of Fetiches, and their sale to those who desired to utilize the powers of the deities which they were supposed to represent, were monopolized by old women, who derived considerable gain from this calling.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Fetiches	fetich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	nmod	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	desired	desire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	utilize	utilize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	deities	deity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	represent	represent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	monopolized	monopolize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
34	derived	derive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
35	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	gain	gain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	39	det	_	_
39	calling	calling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desire** | past |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **utilize** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the powers of the deities |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
| 3 | **suppose** | past · passive |  | the deities |  |  |  | powers *= power* *nsubj:pass* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 4 | **represent** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **monopolize** | past · passive | old women | Fetiches's sale to those |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **derive** | past | the fabrication of Fetiches | considerable gain |  | this calling |  | who *nsubj* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent gain=Result from calling=Material |
| 7 | **fabricate** |  |  | Fetiches |  |  |  |  | nom fabrication «communication 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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