--- title: Although somewhat quick-tempered, and jealous of that respect which… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Although somewhat quick-tempered, and jealous of that respect which he deemed his due from others, he was upright, honest, full of Christian sentiment, and pronounced in his condemnation of everything savoring of evil. Who acts: DADDY. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the v --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/80/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Negro myths from the Georgia coast, to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/) / [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/) / 80 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 80 Although somewhat quick-tempered, and jealous of that respect which he deemed his due from others, he was upright, honest, full of Christian sentiment, and pronounced in his condemnation of everything savoring of evil. **Who acts:** DADDY · **What happens:** temper, deem, be, pronounce, savor, condemn · **To what, where:** respect, condemnation, everything 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. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76586:14:80 # text = Although somewhat quick-tempered, and jealous of that respect which he deemed his due from others, he was upright, honest, full of Christian sentiment, and pronounced in his condemnation of everything savoring of evil. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 tempered temper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sentiment sentiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 pronounced pronounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 condemnation condemnation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 35 nmod _ _ 38 savoring savor VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **temper** | participle | | | | | | somewhat *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **deem** | past | DADDY | that respect | | | | DADDY's others *obj* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme other=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | past | DADDY | | | | | upright *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | DADDY *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | DADDY *not said here* | | | | | of Christian sentiment | tree rules | | 6 | **pronounce** | past | | | | DADDY's condemnation of everything | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in condemnation=Manner | | 7 | **savor** | gerund | | | | | | of evil | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **condemn** | | DADDY | everything | | | | | nom condemnation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/81/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/)