--- title: _Darter_, daughter _Day_, there, is, to be, am _Day day_, to be ther… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _Darter_, daughter _Day_, there, is, to be, am _Day day_, to be there _Den_, then _Der_, was, were, into _Dest_⎫ _Dist_⎭ just, only _Destant_, distant, distance _Det_, death _Diffunce_, difference _Disher_, this _Do_, door _Dout_, without _Drap_, drop, dropped _Duh_, was, were _Dunno_, don’t know _D --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/13/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/) / 13 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 13 \_Darter\_, daughter \_Day\_, there, is, to be, am \_Day day\_, to be there \_Den\_, then \_Der\_, was, were, into \_Dest\_⎫ \_Dist\_⎭ just, only \_Destant\_, distant, distance \_Det\_, death \_Diffunce\_, difference \_Disher\_, this \_Do\_, door \_Dout\_, without \_Drap\_, drop, dropped \_Duh\_, was, were \_Dunno\_, don’t know \_Dut\_, dirt **Who acts:** Darter, Do · **What happens:** be, drap, drop, not know · **To what, where:** Darter, Duh, Dut 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 (Darter, Do), 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:pg76586:15:13 # text = _Darter_, daughter _Day_, there, is, to be, am _Day day_, to be there _Den_, then _Der_, was, were, into _Dest_⎫ _Dist_⎭ just, only _Destant_, distant, distance _Det_, death _Diffunce_, difference _Disher_, this _Do_, door _Dout_, without _Drap_, drop, dropped _Duh_, was, were _Dunno_, don’t know _Dut_, dirt 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Darter Darter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 89 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 acl:relcl _ _ 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Der Der PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Dest d ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Dist Dist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 only only ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Destant destant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Det Det PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 Diffunce Diffunce PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 68 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Disher Disher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 70 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 72 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 flat _ _ 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 Do Do PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 appos _ _ 78 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 Dout Dout PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 82 without without SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 83 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 Drap drap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 85 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 87 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 89 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 90 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 91 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 91 Duh Duh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 89 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 92 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 89 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 93 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 94 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 89 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 96 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 89 conj _ _ 97 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 103 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 98 Dunno Dunno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 103 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 99 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 98 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 100 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 101 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 103 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 102 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 103 advmod _ _ 103 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 96 conj _ _ 104 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 105 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 105 Dut Dut PROPN NNP Number=Sing 103 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 106 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 105 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 107 , , PUNCT , _ 108 punct _ _ 108 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 105 appos _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance | | there | Day | daughter *conj*; ⎫ *conj*; Dist *conj*; ⎭ *conj*; distance *conj*; death *appos*; difference *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance *not said here* | | | | | Den *vocative*; there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | then | d *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **drap** | infinitive | Do | | | | | Dout *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **drop** | infinitive | Do *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **drop** | past | Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance | Duh | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duh=Theme | | 7 | **be** | past | Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **be** | past | Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **know** | infinitive · do-support | Darter and daughter and ⎫ and Dist and ⎭ and distance *not said here* | Dut | | | | Dunno *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dut=Stimulus | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/)