--- title: _Gage_, engage, hire _Gedder_, gather, collect _Gelt_, to girt _Gem_… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _Gage_, engage, hire _Gedder_, gather, collect _Gelt_, to girt _Gem_, to give _Gen_, gave, again _Gie_, give _Gimme_, give me _Glec_, neglect _Glub_, gloves _Gooly_, good _Graff_, grab _Gree_, agree, consent _Grine salt_, fly round and round _Guine_⎫ _Gwine_⎭ going, going to Who acts: Gage, Gen, ⎭. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/16/) [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/) / 16 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 16 \_Gage\_, engage, hire \_Gedder\_, gather, collect \_Gelt\_, to girt \_Gem\_, to give \_Gen\_, gave, again \_Gie\_, give \_Gimme\_, give me \_Glec\_, neglect \_Glub\_, gloves \_Gooly\_, good \_Graff\_, grab \_Gree\_, agree, consent \_Grine salt\_, fly round and round \_Guine\_⎫ \_Gwine\_⎭ going, going to **Who acts:** Gage, Gen, ⎭ · **What happens:** engage, hire, gather, collect, girt, give · **To what, where:** Guine, Gedder, Gelt, Gem, Gimme, me 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 (Gage, Gen, ⎭), 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:pg76586:15:16 # text = _Gage_, engage, hire _Gedder_, gather, collect _Gelt_, to girt _Gem_, to give _Gen_, gave, again _Gie_, give _Gimme_, give me _Glec_, neglect _Glub_, gloves _Gooly_, good _Graff_, grab _Gree_, agree, consent _Grine salt_, fly round and round _Guine_⎫ _Gwine_⎭ going, going to 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Gage gage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 engage engage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 hire hire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Gedder Gedder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Gelt Gelt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 girt girt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Gem gem NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Gen Gen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Gie Gie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Gimme Gimme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Glec Glec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 neglect neglect VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Glub Glub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Gooly Gooly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 parataxis _ _ 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Graff Graff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Gree Gree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 consent consent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 72 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 Grine Grine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 78 round round ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 round round ADV RB _ 78 conj _ _ 81 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 Guine Guine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 conj _ _ 85 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 Gwine Gwine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 88 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 appos _ _ 89 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 88 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 91 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 89 conj _ _ 92 to to PART TO _ 91 fixed _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **engage** | infinitive | Gage | Guine and ⎫ and Gwine | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hire** | infinitive | Gage *not said here* | Gedder | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gedder=Theme | | 3 | **gather** | infinitive | Gage *not said here* | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **collect** | infinitive | Gage *not said here* | Gelt | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gelt=Theme | | 5 | **girt** | to-infinitive | | Gem | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **give** | past | Gen | | | | again | Gie *vocative* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **give** | infinitive | | Gimme | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gimme=Theme | | 9 | **give** | infinitive | | | me | | | Glec *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 10 | **neglect** | infinitive | | Glub and gloves and Graff | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glub=Theme | | 11 | **grab** | infinitive | | Gree | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gree=Theme | | 12 | **agree** *speech: agree* | infinitive | Gage *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **consent** | infinitive | | Grine salt | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **fly** | infinitive | Gage *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **go** | gerund | ⎭ *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 16 | **go** | gerund | ⎭ *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/)