--- title: Then, not in a vision, but in reality, as we believe, the good old m… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Then, not in a vision, but in reality, as we believe, the good old man claimed and was accorded his seat in the “mansion not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.” Who acts: we, good old man. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, good old man), 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:pg76586:15:8 # text = Then, not in a vision, but in reality, as we believe, the good old man claimed and was accorded his seat in the “mansion not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 accorded accord VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 mansion mansion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 eternal eternal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Heavens Heaven PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | we | reality *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reality=Stimulus | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | the good old man | | | reality | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **accord** | past · passive | the good old man *not said here* | man's seat | | the mansion and eternal in the Heavens | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: seat=Theme | | 4 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | participle | | the mansion and eternal in the Heavens *not said here* | | | | with hands | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/9/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/)