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title: To insure the efficacy of the desired spell, it was necessary that t… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: To insure the efficacy of the desired spell, it was necessary that the charm should be secretly deposited under the pillow of the party to be affected, placed upon the post of a gate through which he would pass, or buried beneath the doorsteps of his cabin. Who acts: enmity. A sentence of «Negro myt
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 99

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To insure the efficacy of the desired spell, it was necessary that the charm should be secretly deposited under the pillow of the party to be affected, placed upon the post of a gate through which he would pass, or buried beneath the doorsteps of his cabin.

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**Who acts:** enmity · **What happens:** insure, desire, be, deposit, affect, place · **To what, where:** efficacy, charm, pillow, post, gate, doorsteps

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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 (enmity), 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:pg76586:13:99
# text = To insure the efficacy of the desired spell, it was necessary that the charm should be secretly deposited under the pillow of the party to be affected, placed upon the post of a gate through which he would pass, or buried beneath the doorsteps of his cabin.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	insure	insure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	efficacy	efficacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	desired	desire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
18	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	_
20	under	under	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	affected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
31	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	through	through	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	obl	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
40	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
45	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	doorsteps	doorstep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insure** | to-infinitive |  | the efficacy of the desired spell |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent efficacy=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **desire** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | necessary *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **deposit** | should · passive |  | the charm |  | the pillow of the party |  | secretly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under pillow=Destination |
| 5 | **affect** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 6 | **place** | participle |  |  |  | the post of a gate |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon post=Destination |
| 7 | **pass** | would | enmity |  |  | a gate |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through which=Location |
| 8 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  | the doorsteps of enmity's cabin |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath doorstep=Destination |

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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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