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title: _Bactize_, baptize _Bague_, to beg _Barruh_, barrow _Beber_, beaver… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: _Bactize_, baptize _Bague_, to beg _Barruh_, barrow _Beber_, beaver _Bedout_, without _Ben_, bend, bent, been _Berry_, very _Bes_, best _Bex_, vex, vexed _Bidness_, business _Biggin_, begin, began _Bimeby_, by and by, presently _Binner_, was, were _Bittle_, victuals _Blan_, in the habit of, accustom
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 11

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\_Bactize\_, baptize \_Bague\_, to beg \_Barruh\_, barrow \_Beber\_, beaver \_Bedout\_, without \_Ben\_, bend, bent, been \_Berry\_, very \_Bes\_, best \_Bex\_, vex, vexed \_Bidness\_, business \_Biggin\_, begin, began \_Bimeby\_, by and by, presently \_Binner\_, was, were \_Bittle\_, victuals \_Blan\_, in the habit of, accustomed to \_Blanks\_⎫ \_Blants\_⎭ belongs to \_Bleebe\_, believe \_Bleege\_, obliged, compelled \_Bodder\_, to bother \_Bode\_, board, boards \_Bofe\_, both \_Bole\_, bold \_Boun\_, resolved upon, forced to \_Bredder\_, brother \_Bref\_, breath \_Bres\_, breast \_Bresh\_, brush-wood, to brush \_Broke up\_, to leave, to depart \_Brukwus\_, breakfast \_Buckra\_, white man \_Bud\_, bird \_Budduh\_⎫ \_Buh\_ ⎭ brother \_Buhhine\_, behind \_Bun\_, burn \_Buss\_, burst, or break through

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**Who acts:** Bactize, Bex, ⎭ · **What happens:** baptize, beg, bend, vex, begin, be · **To what, where:** Bague, Barruh, Bidness, Bimeby, habit, Bleebe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bactize, Bex, ⎭), 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:pg76586:15:11
# text = _Bactize_, baptize _Bague_, to beg _Barruh_, barrow _Beber_, beaver _Bedout_, without _Ben_, bend, bent, been _Berry_, very _Bes_, best _Bex_, vex, vexed _Bidness_, business _Biggin_, begin, began _Bimeby_, by and by, presently _Binner_, was, were _Bittle_, victuals _Blan_, in the habit of, accustomed to _Blanks_⎫ _Blants_⎭ belongs to _Bleebe_, believe _Bleege_, obliged, compelled _Bodder_, to bother _Bode_, board, boards _Bofe_, both _Bole_, bold _Boun_, resolved upon, forced to _Bredder_, brother _Bref_, breath _Bres_, breast _Bresh_, brush-wood, to brush _Broke up_, to leave, to depart _Brukwus_, breakfast _Buckra_, white man _Bud_, bird _Budduh_⎫ _Buh_ ⎭ brother _Buhhine_, behind _Bun_, burn _Buss_, burst, or break through
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bactize	Bactize	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	baptize	baptize	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bague	Bague	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Barruh	Barruh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	barrow	barrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
17	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Beber	Beber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
22	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Bedout	Bedout	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	without	without	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	cop	_	_
36	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Berry	Berry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	very	very	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
41	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Bes	be	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	parataxis	_	_
46	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	Bex	Bex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
50	vex	vex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	vexed	vex	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
53	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	Bidness	Bidness	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	_
58	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	Biggin	Biggin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
62	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	ccomp	_	_
65	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	66	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	Bimeby	Bimeby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
69	by	by	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	by	by	ADP	IN	_	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
73	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	92	advmod	_	_
74	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	92	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	Binner	Binner	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
78	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	80	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
80	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	92	cop	_	_
81	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	85	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	Bittle	Bittle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	85	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	82	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
85	victuals	victual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	80	nsubj	_	_
86	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	Blan	Blan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	85	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
90	in	in	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
91	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
93	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	95	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	93	punct	_	_
95	accustomed	accustom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	92	acl	_	_
96	to	to	ADP	IN	_	95	obl	_	_
97	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	98	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	Blanks	blank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	92	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	100	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	⎫	⎫	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	98	conj	_	_
101	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	102	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	Blants	Blant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	98	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
103	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	105	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	⎭	⎭	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	105	nsubj	_	_
105	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	98	conj	_	_
106	to	to	ADP	IN	_	108	case	_	_
107	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	106	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	Bleebe	Bleebe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	105	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	108	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	111	punct	_	_
111	believe	believe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	108	parataxis	_	_
112	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	113	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
113	Bleege	Bleege	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	111	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
114	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	113	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
115	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	116	punct	_	_
116	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	111	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
117	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	118	punct	_	_
118	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	116	conj	_	_
119	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	120	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	Bodder	Bodder	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	111	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
121	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	120	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
122	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	124	punct	_	_
123	to	to	PART	TO	_	124	mark	_	_
124	bother	bother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	111	parataxis	_	_
125	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	126	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
126	Bode	Bode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	124	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
127	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	126	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
128	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	129	punct	_	_
129	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	126	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	131	punct	_	_
131	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	126	conj	_	_
132	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	126	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
133	Bofe	Bofe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	126	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
134	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	126	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
135	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	138	punct	_	_
136	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	138	det	_	_
137	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	138	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
138	Bole	bole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	126	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
139	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	138	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
140	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	141	punct	_	_
141	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	126	parataxis	_	_
142	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	143	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
143	Boun	Boun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	126	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
144	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	126	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
145	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	146	punct	_	_
146	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	126	acl:relcl	_	_
147	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	146	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
148	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	149	punct	_	_
149	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	126	parataxis	_	_
150	to	to	ADP	IN	_	152	case	_	_
151	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	150	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
152	Bredder	Bredder	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	149	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
153	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	149	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
154	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	155	punct	_	_
155	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	126	conj	_	_
156	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	157	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
157	Bref	Bref	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	126	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
158	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	157	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
159	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	160	punct	_	_
160	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	126	acl:relcl	_	_
161	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	162	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
162	Bres	Bres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	124	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
163	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	162	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
164	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	165	punct	_	_
165	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	162	appos	_	_
166	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	167	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
167	Bresh	Bresh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	162	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
168	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	162	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
169	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	170	punct	_	_
170	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	111	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
171	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	172	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
172	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	170	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
173	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	175	punct	_	_
174	to	to	PART	TO	_	175	mark	_	_
175	brush	brush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	170	conj	_	_
176	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	177	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
177	Broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	175	ccomp	_	_
178	up	up	ADP	RP	_	177	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
179	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	177	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
180	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	182	punct	_	_
181	to	to	PART	TO	_	182	mark	_	_
182	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	175	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
183	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	185	punct	_	_
184	to	to	PART	TO	_	185	mark	_	_
185	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	182	conj	_	_
186	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	187	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
187	Brukwus	Brukwus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	185	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
188	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	187	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
189	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	190	punct	_	_
190	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	187	appos	_	_
191	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	187	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
192	Buckra	Buckra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	187	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
193	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	187	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
194	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	196	punct	_	_
195	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	196	amod	_	_
196	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	187	appos	_	_
197	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	187	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
198	Bud	Bud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	187	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
199	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	187	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
200	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	201	punct	_	_
201	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	187	acl:relcl	_	_
202	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	203	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
203	Budduh	Budduh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	185	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
204	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	205	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
205	⎫	⎫	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	203	conj	_	_
206	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	207	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
207	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	182	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
208	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	210	punct	_	_
209	⎭	⎭	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	210	compound	_	_
210	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	207	appos	_	_
211	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	212	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
212	Buhhine	Buhhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	207	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
213	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	175	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
214	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	217	punct	_	_
215	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	217	case	_	_
216	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	215	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
217	Bun	Bun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	175	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
218	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	217	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
219	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	220	punct	_	_
220	burn	burn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	111	parataxis	_	_
221	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	222	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
222	Buss	Buss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	220	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
223	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	222	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
224	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	225	punct	_	_
225	burst	burst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	222	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
226	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	228	punct	_	_
227	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	228	cc	_	_
228	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	111	conj	_	_
229	through	through	ADP	RP	_	228	compound:prt	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baptize** | infinitive | Bactize | Bague |  |  |  | without Ben; bent Berry *obl*; Beber *obj*; Bes *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | Bactize *not said here* |  | Barruh |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent barruh=Recipient |
| 3 | **bend** | infinitive | Bactize *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **vex** | past | Bex | Bidness |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bidness=Experiencer |
| 6 | **begin** | infinitive | Bactize *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **begin** | past | Bactize *not said here* | Bimeby |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 8 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by the habit; Blanks and ⎫ and Blants *appos*; presently *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **accustom** | participle |  | the habit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **belong** | present | ⎭ |  | Bleebe |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **believe** | infinitive |  | Bleege |  |  |  | Bodder *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 12 | **oblige** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **compel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **bother** | to-infinitive |  | Bode  breath and boards and Boun and brother |  |  |  | Bres and Bresh *parataxis* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bode=Experiencer |
| 15 | **resolve upon** | participle |  | Bode  breath and boards and Boun and brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 16 | **force** | participle |  |  | Bredder |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 17 | **brush** | infinitive |  | wood |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
| 18 | **brush** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | Bun *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 19 | **break up** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 20 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | Buh and Buhhine |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 21 | **depart** | to-infinitive |  | Brukwus  Bud  bird |  |  |  | Budduh and ⎫ *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brukwus=Initial\_Location |
| 22 | **burn** | infinitive |  | Buss |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent buss=Theme |
| 23 | **break through** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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