--- title: During sleep the spirit seems to desert the body; and as in dreams w… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: During sleep the spirit seems to desert the body; and as in dreams we visit other localities and even other worlds, living as it were a separate and different life, the two phenomena are not unnaturally regarded as the complements of one another.--SIR JOHN LUBBOCK. Who acts: spirit, we, body. 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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 (spirit, we, body), 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:pg76586:14:72 # text = During sleep the spirit seems to desert the body; and as in dreams we visit other localities and even other worlds, living as it were a separate and different life, the two phenomena are not unnaturally regarded as the complements of one another.--SIR JOHN LUBBOCK. 1 During during ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 desert desert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 visit visit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 localities locality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 worlds world NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 phenomena phenomena NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 unnaturally unnaturally ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 complements complement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nmod _ _ 46 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 45 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 SIR SIR PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:desc _ _ 50 JOHN JOHN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 51 LUBBOCK LUBBOCK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | the spirit | | | | during sleep | JOHN SIR *parataxis* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **desert** | to-infinitive | the spirit *not said here* | the body | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme body=Source | | 3 | **visit** | present | we | other localities and other worlds | | | | as dreams | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent locality=Co-Agent | | 4 | **live** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | body | a separate life | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **regard** | present · passive | | the two phenomena | | | | as the complements of one; unnaturally *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as complement=Value | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/)