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title: In the capacity of a body servant he had accompanied his master duri… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the capacity of a body servant he had accompanied his master during the campaign of 1812-15; and this fact, apart from his excellent character, elevated him in the esteem of all. Who acts: DADDY. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, 
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 74

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In the capacity of a body servant he had accompanied his master during the campaign of 1812-15; and this fact, apart from his excellent character, elevated him in the esteem of all.

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**Who acts:** DADDY · **What happens:** accompany, elevate · **To what, where:** master, capacity, DADDY, esteem

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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 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (DADDY), 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:pg76586:14:74
# text = In the capacity of a body servant he had accompanied his master during the campaign of 1812-15; and this fact, apart from his excellent character, elevated him in the esteem of all.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	campaign	campaign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1812-15	1812-15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	elevated	elevate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
30	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | past · perfect | DADDY | DADDY's master |  | the capacity of a body servant | during the campaign of 1812-15 | this fact from DADDY's excellent character *parataxis* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme in capacity=Destination |
| 2 | **elevate** | past | DADDY *not said here* | DADDY |  | the esteem of all |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in esteem=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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