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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 10, sentence 75

Wen Buh Squirle fine out dat Buh Fox yent bin gwine pity um an tun um loose, but dat eh fix fuh kill um an eat um, Buh Squirle say teh Buh Fox: “Enty you know say nobody oughter eat eh bittle befo eh say grace ober um?”

Who acts: Wen, eh fix fuh, Buh, you, Buh Fox, nobody oughter · What happens: fine out, kill, eat, say, know · To what, where: yent bin, um, grace ober um · 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 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wen, eh fix fuh, Buh, you), 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

nsubjflatflatcompound:prtcasecompoundoblamodobl:unmarkedamodcompoundparataxisdetcompoundobjadvmodpunctccdetamodcompoundnsubjparataxisobjdetconjobjpunctnsubjflatparataxispunctcompoundnsubjpunctpunctapposnsubjacl:relclparataxiscompoundnsubjccompadvmodnsubjcaseoblparataxiscompoundcompoundobjpunctpunctrootWenPROPNBuhPROPNSquirlePROPNfineVERBoutADPdatADPBuhPROPNFoxNOUNyentADJbinNOUNgwineADJpityNOUNumNOUNanDETtunNOUNumNOUNlooseADV,PUNCTbutCCONJdatDETehADJfixNOUNfuhNOUNkillVERBumNOUNanDETeatVERBumNOUN,PUNCTBuhPROPNSquirlePROPNsayVERBtehPUNCTBuhPROPNFoxNOUN:PUNCT“PUNCTEntyNUMyouPRONknowVERBsayVERBnobodyPRONoughterNOUNeatVERBehADVbittleADJbefoADPehNOUNsayVERBgraceNOUNoberNOUNumNOUN?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WenWenPROPNNumber=Sing4 finensubj
2BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing1 Wenflat
3SquirleSquirlePROPNNumber=Sing1 Wenflat
4finefineVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5outoutADP_4 finecompound:prt
6datdatADP_8 Foxcase
7BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing8 Foxcompound
8FoxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing4 fineobl
9yentyentADJDegree=Pos10 binamod
10binbinNOUNNumber=Sing4 fineobl:unmarked
11gwinegwineADJDegree=Pos13 umamod
12pitypityNOUNNumber=Sing13 umcompound
13umumNOUNNumber=Sing4 fineparataxis
14anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 umdet
15tuntunNOUNNumber=Sing16 umcompound
16umumNOUNNumber=Sing4 fineobj
17looselooseADV_4 fineadvmod
18,,PUNCT_24 killpunct
19butbutCCONJ_24 killcc
20datthatDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 fuhdet
21ehehADJDegree=Pos23 fuhamod
22fixfixNOUNNumber=Sing23 fuhcompound
23fuhfuhNOUNNumber=Sing24 killnsubj
24killkillVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 fineparataxis
25umumNOUNNumber=Sing24 killobj
26anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 eatdet
27eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 killconj
28umumNOUNNumber=Sing27 eatobj
29,,PUNCT_32 saypunct
30BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing32 saynsubj
31SquirleSquirlePROPNNumber=Sing30 Buhflat
32saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 fineparataxis
33tehtehPUNCT_35 Foxpunct
34BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing35 Foxcompound
35FoxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing41 saynsubj
36::PUNCT_38 Entypunct
37“"PUNCT_38 Entypunct
38EntyentyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card35 Foxappos
39youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs40 knownsubj
40knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 Entyacl:relcl
41saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin32 sayparataxis
42nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg43 oughtercompound
43oughteroughterNOUNNumber=Sing44 eatnsubj
44eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 sayccomp
45ehehADV_46 bittleadvmod
46bittlebittleADJDegree=Pos49 saynsubj
47befobefoADP_48 ehcase
48ehehNOUNNumber=Sing46 bittleobl
49saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin44 eatparataxis
50gracegraceNOUNNumber=Sing52 umcompound
51oberoberNOUNNumber=Sing52 umcompound
52umumNOUNNumber=Sing49 sayobj
53??PUNCT_52 umpunct
54”"PUNCT_44 eatpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fine outpastWenyent bindat Buh Fox; gwine pity um parataxis; a tun um obj; loose propertyvn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent um=Recipient
2killpresentthat eh fix fuhumvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Theme
3eatpresentthat eh fix fuh not said hereumvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Patient
4say speech: askpresentBuhvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5know in a quotepresentyouvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6say speech: assert in a quotepresentBuh Foxvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7eat in a quotepresentnobody oughtervn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8say speech: assert in a quotepresentbittle befo ehgrace ober umvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent um=Topic

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.

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