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title: The idea was by such means to conjure the neighbor against whom enmi… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The idea was by such means to conjure the neighbor against whom enmity was cherished, and thus subject him or her to the malign influences of the spirit or demon whose power was supposed to inhere in the evil charm. Who acts: idea. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the verna
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 95

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The idea was by such means to conjure the neighbor against whom enmity was cherished, and thus subject him or her to the malign influences of the spirit or demon whose power was supposed to inhere in the evil charm.

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**Who acts:** idea · **What happens:** be, conjure, cherish, subject, suppose, inhere · **To what, where:** neighbor, enmity, fabrication, power, evil charm

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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 (idea), 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:pg76586:13:95
# text = The idea was by such means to conjure the neighbor against whom enmity was cherished, and thus subject him or her to the malign influences of the spirit or demon whose power was supposed to inhere in the evil charm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	6	nsubj	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	conjure	conjure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	neighbor	neighbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nmod	_	_
13	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	cherished	cherish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	subject	subject	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	conj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	malign	malign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	influences	influence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
32	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl:relcl	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	inhere	inhere	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	xcomp	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the idea |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conjure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the idea *not said here* | the neighbor |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbor=Result |
| 3 | **cherish** | past · passive |  | enmity |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **subject** | infinitive | the idea *not said here* | fabrication |  |  |  | to the malign influences of the spirit or demon; thus *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **suppose** | past · passive |  | power |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 6 | **inhere** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the evil charm |  |  | tree rules |

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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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