--- title: _Sabe_, to know _San_, sand _Sarbis_, service, kindness _Satify_ ⎫ _… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _Sabe_, to know _San_, sand _Sarbis_, service, kindness _Satify_ ⎫ _Saterfy_⎭ satisfied, happy, content _Scace_, scarce _Schway_, to swear, swore _Scuse_, excuse _Seaznin_, seasoning _Sebbn_, seven _Sed_, sit, sat _Sed-down_, sit down, sat down _Shet_, shut _Sho_, sure _Sholy_, surely _Shum_, to see --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/28/) [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/) / 28 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 28 \_Sabe\_, to know \_San\_, sand \_Sarbis\_, service, kindness \_Satify\_ ⎫ \_Saterfy\_⎭ satisfied, happy, content \_Scace\_, scarce \_Schway\_, to swear, swore \_Scuse\_, excuse \_Seaznin\_, seasoning \_Sebbn\_, seven \_Sed\_, sit, sat \_Sed-down\_, sit down, sat down \_Shet\_, shut \_Sho\_, sure \_Sholy\_, surely \_Shum\_, to see it, see him, see her, see them \_Sider\_, on the side of \_Sisso\_, say so \_Skade\_, scared \_Smate\_, smart \_Sofe\_, soft \_Soon man\_, very smart, wide-awake man \_Sorter\_, sort of, after a fashion \_Sparruh\_, sparrow \_Spec\_, expect \_Spose\_, expose \_Spute\_, contest the championship with \_State\_, start, begin \_Steader\_⎫ \_Stidder\_⎭ instead of \_Straighten fur\_, run rapidly for \_Stroy\_, destroy \_Sukkle\_, circle, fly around \_Summuch\_, so much \_Sutten\_, certain, sudden \_Suttenly\_, certainly, suddenly \_Swade\_, persuade \_Swode\_, sword **Who acts:** Shum, Sorter, Spose, Swade · **What happens:** know, swear, excuse, season, sit, s · **To what, where:** San, Scuse, Seaznin, Sebbn, Shet, kindness · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Shum, Sorter, Spose, Swade), 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:pg76586:15:28 # text = _Sabe_, to know _San_, sand _Sarbis_, service, kindness _Satify_ ⎫ _Saterfy_⎭ satisfied, happy, content _Scace_, scarce _Schway_, to swear, swore _Scuse_, excuse _Seaznin_, seasoning _Sebbn_, seven _Sed_, sit, sat _Sed-down_, sit down, sat down _Shet_, shut _Sho_, sure _Sholy_, surely _Shum_, to see it, see him, see her, see them _Sider_, on the side of _Sisso_, say so _Skade_, scared _Smate_, smart _Sofe_, soft _Soon man_, very smart, wide-awake man _Sorter_, sort of, after a fashion _Sparruh_, sparrow _Spec_, expect _Spose_, expose _Spute_, contest the championship with _State_, start, begin _Steader_⎫ _Stidder_⎭ instead of _Straighten fur_, run rapidly for _Stroy_, destroy _Sukkle_, circle, fly around _Summuch_, so much _Sutten_, certain, sudden _Suttenly_, certainly, suddenly _Swade_, persuade _Swode_, sword 1 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sabe Sabe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Sarbis Sarbis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Satify Satify PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ _ 22 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Saterfy Saterfy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 27 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Scace Scace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 scarce scarce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Schway Schway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 swear swear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Scuse Scuse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 excuse excuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Seaznin Seaznin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 seasoning season VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Sebbn Sebbn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 appos _ _ 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Sed Sed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 ccomp _ _ 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 Sed s VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 down down ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 74 down down ADP RP _ 73 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 advcl _ _ 77 down down ADP RP _ 76 compound:prt _ _ 78 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 Shet Shet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 82 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 conj _ _ 83 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 Sho Sho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 85 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 87 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 advcl _ _ 88 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 89 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 89 Sholy Sholy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 87 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 90 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 89 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 121 punct _ _ 92 surely surely ADV RB _ 121 advmod _ _ 93 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 121 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 94 Shum Shum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 121 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 97 to to PART TO _ 98 mark _ _ 98 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 94 parataxis _ _ 99 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 98 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 100 , , PUNCT , _ 101 punct _ _ 101 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 98 conj _ _ 102 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 101 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 103 , , PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 104 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 98 conj _ _ 105 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 104 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 106 , , PUNCT , _ 107 punct _ _ 107 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 98 conj _ _ 108 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 107 obj _ _ 109 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 110 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 110 Sider Sider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 94 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 111 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 110 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 112 , , PUNCT , _ 115 punct _ _ 113 on on ADP IN _ 115 case _ _ 114 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 115 det _ _ 115 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 appos _ _ 116 of of ADP IN _ 118 case _ _ 117 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 116 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 118 Sisso Sisso PROPN NNP Number=Sing 115 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 119 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 120 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 121 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 conj _ _ 122 so so ADV RB _ 121 advmod _ _ 123 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 124 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 124 Skade Skade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 122 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 125 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 124 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 126 , , PUNCT , _ 127 punct _ _ 127 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 124 conj _ _ 128 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 129 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 129 Smate Smate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 124 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 130 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 129 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 131 , , PUNCT , _ 132 punct _ _ 132 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 124 parataxis _ _ 133 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 134 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 134 Sofe Sofe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 132 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 135 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 132 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 136 , , PUNCT , _ 137 punct _ _ 137 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 132 conj _ _ 138 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 140 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 139 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 140 advmod _ _ 140 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 137 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 141 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 140 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 142 , , PUNCT , _ 144 punct _ _ 143 very very ADV RB _ 144 advmod _ _ 144 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 137 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 145 , , PUNCT , _ 144 punct _ _ 146 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 148 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 147 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 146 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 148 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 149 amod _ _ 149 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 144 conj _ _ 150 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 169 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 151 Sorter Sorter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 169 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 152 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 151 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 153 , , PUNCT , _ 154 punct _ _ 154 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 151 appos _ _ 155 of of ADP IN _ 159 case _ SpaceAfter=No 156 , , PUNCT , _ 155 punct _ _ 157 after after ADP IN _ 159 case _ _ 158 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 159 det _ _ 159 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 154 nmod _ _ 160 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 169 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 161 Sparruh Sparruh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 169 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 162 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 161 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 163 , , PUNCT , _ 164 punct _ _ 164 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 161 appos _ _ 165 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 166 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 166 Spec Spec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 161 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 167 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 166 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 168 , , PUNCT , _ 161 punct _ _ 169 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 149 acl:relcl _ _ 170 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 174 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 171 Spose Spose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 174 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 172 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 171 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 173 , , PUNCT , _ 174 punct _ _ 174 expose expose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 169 conj _ _ 175 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 176 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 176 Spute Spute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 174 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 177 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 176 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 178 , , PUNCT , _ 179 punct _ _ 179 contest contest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 174 conj _ _ 180 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 181 det _ _ 181 championship championship NOUN NN Number=Sing 179 obj _ _ 182 with with ADP IN _ 184 case _ _ 183 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 184 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 184 State State PROPN NNP Number=Sing 181 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 185 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 179 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 186 , , PUNCT , _ 187 punct _ _ 187 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 179 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 188 , , PUNCT , _ 189 punct _ _ 189 begin begin VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 174 parataxis _ _ 190 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 191 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 191 Steader Steader PROPN NNP Number=Sing 189 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 192 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 193 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 193 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 191 conj _ _ 194 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 197 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 195 Stidder Stidder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 197 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 196 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 197 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 197 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NN Number=Sing 189 obl _ _ 198 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 201 case _ _ 199 of of ADP IN _ 198 fixed _ _ 200 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 201 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 201 Straighten straighten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 202 nummod _ _ 202 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 189 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 203 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 189 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 204 , , PUNCT , _ 205 punct _ _ 205 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 174 parataxis _ _ 206 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 205 advmod _ _ 207 for for SCONJ IN _ 209 mark _ _ 208 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 209 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 209 Stroy stroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 205 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 210 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 209 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 211 , , PUNCT , _ 212 punct _ _ 212 destroy destroy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 205 conj _ _ 213 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 214 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 214 Sukkle Sukkle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 212 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 215 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 214 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 216 , , PUNCT , _ 217 punct _ _ 217 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 214 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 218 , , PUNCT , _ 219 punct _ _ 219 fly fly VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 205 conj _ _ 220 around around ADV RB _ 219 advmod _ _ 221 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 222 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 222 Summuch Summuch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 219 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 223 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 222 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 224 , , PUNCT , _ 226 punct _ _ 225 so so ADV RB _ 226 advmod _ _ 226 much much ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 227 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 228 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 228 Sutten Sutten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 226 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 229 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 228 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 230 , , PUNCT , _ 231 punct _ _ 231 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 228 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 232 , , PUNCT , _ 233 punct _ _ 233 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 231 conj _ _ 234 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 228 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 235 Suttenly suttenly ADV RB _ 234 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 236 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 235 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 237 , , PUNCT , _ 238 punct _ _ 238 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 235 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 239 , , PUNCT , _ 245 punct _ _ 240 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 245 advmod _ _ 241 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 245 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 242 Swade Swade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 245 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 243 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 242 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 244 , , PUNCT , _ 242 punct _ _ 245 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 238 advcl _ _ 246 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 247 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 247 Swode Swode PROPN NNP Number=Sing 245 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 248 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 247 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 249 , , PUNCT , _ 250 punct _ _ 250 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 247 appos _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | to-infinitive | | San and service and kindness | | | | \_ *vocative*; ⎭ *obl*; Scace *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer san=Stimulus | | 2 | **swear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **swear** | past | | Scuse | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent scuse=Eventuality | | 4 | **excuse** | infinitive | | Seaznin | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seaznin=Theme | | 5 | **season** | gerund | | | Sebbn | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sebbn=Destination | | 6 | **sit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sit** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **s** | participle | | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **sit down** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **sit down** | past | | Shet | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **see** | to-infinitive | | kindness | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 12 | **see** | infinitive | | Sebbn | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 13 | **see** | infinitive | | Seaznin | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 14 | **see** | infinitive | | shum | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 15 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Shum | | | | | surely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 16 | **expect** | infinitive | Sorter | awake man *not said here* | | | | Sparruh *nsubj* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 17 | **expose** | infinitive | Spose | Spute | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot spute=Topic | | 18 | **contest** | infinitive | Spose *not said here* | the championship | | | | with \_ State | tree rules | | 19 | **start** | infinitive | Spose *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 20 | **begin** | infinitive | | Steader and ⎫ | | | | Stidder ⎭ *obl*; Straighten fur *obl* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steader=Eventuality | | 21 | **run** | infinitive | | | | | | rapidly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 22 | **stroy** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 23 | **destroy** | infinitive | | Sukkle | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sukkle=Patient | | 24 | **fly around** | infinitive | | | | | | Summuch *parataxis*; around *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 25 | **persuade** | infinitive | Swade | Swode | | | | suddenly *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swode=Patient | | 26 | **sort** | | | a fashion | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/)