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title: It was the duty of one occupying that station to advise in spiritual… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: It was the duty of one occupying that station to advise in spiritual matters, to lead in the semi-weekly prayer-meetings, to set an example which others might well follow, and to counsel in all religious difficulties. Who acts: health, others. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told 
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 79

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It was the duty of one occupying that station to advise in spiritual matters, to lead in the semi-weekly prayer-meetings, to set an example which others might well follow, and to counsel in all religious difficulties.

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**Who acts:** health, others · **What happens:** be, occupy, advise, lead, set, follow · **To what, where:** duty, station, spiritual matters, example, religious difficulties

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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 (health, others), 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:pg76586:14:79
# text = It was the duty of one occupying that station to advise in spiritual matters, to lead in the semi-weekly prayer-meetings, to set an example which others might well follow, and to counsel in all religious difficulties.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	occupying	occupy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	advise	advise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
20	semi-weekly	semi-weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
21	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	meetings	meeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
27	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obj	_	_
30	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
31	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	33	advmod	_	_
33	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	counsel	counsel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	det	_	_
40	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | health | the duty |  |  |  | of one | tree rules |
| 2 | **occupy** | gerund |  | that station |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus station=Experiencer |
| 3 | **advise** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | spiritual matters |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **lead** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | in the semi-weekly prayer meetings | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition in meeting=Patient |
| 5 | **set** | to-infinitive |  | a example |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient example=Result |
| 6 | **follow** | might | others | a example |  |  |  | well *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 7 | **counsel** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | all religious difficulties |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

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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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