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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 11, sentence 60

Buh Possum grin eh teet same lucker fool, an eh say, wen de dog come pon topper um, dem tickle him rib so bad long dem mout dat him bleege ter laugh; an so him furgit fuh fight.

Who acts: Buh, wen · What happens: grin, say, come, tickle, laugh · To what, where: teet same lucker fool, pon topper um, dog · 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 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Buh, wen), 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

nsubjflatadvmodamodamodcompoundobjpunctdetconjconjpunctnsubjflat:foreignnsubjccompcompoundcompoundoblpunctconjconjobjobjadvmodamodamodcompoundnmodcasenmodcompoundcompoundparataxispunctdetadvmodparataxisamodamodconjpunctrootBuhPROPNPossumPROPNgrinVERBehADVteetADJsameADJluckerNOUNfoolNOUN,PUNCTanDETehNOUNsayVERB,PUNCTwenNOUNdeXdogNOUNcomeVERBponNOUNtopperNOUNumNOUN,PUNCTdemNOUNtickleVERBhimPRONribNOUNsoADVbadADJlongADJdemNOUNmoutNOUNdatADPhimPRONbleegeNOUNterNOUNlaughVERB;PUNCTanDETsoADVhimPRONfurgitADJfuhADJfightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing3 grinnsubj
2PossumPossumPROPNNumber=Sing1 Buhflat
3gringrinVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ehehADV_3 grinadvmod
5teetteetADJDegree=Pos8 foolamod
6samesameADJDegree=Pos8 foolamod
7luckerluckerNOUNNumber=Sing8 foolcompound
8foolfoolNOUNNumber=Sing3 grinobj
9,,PUNCT_11 ehpunct
10anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 ehdet
11ehehNOUNNumber=Sing8 foolconj
12saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf3 grinconj
13,,PUNCT_14 wenpunct
14wenwenNOUNNumber=Sing17 comensubj
15dedeXForeign=Yes14 wenflat:foreign
16dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing17 comensubj
17comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf12 sayccomp
18ponponNOUNNumber=Sing20 umcompound
19toppertopperNOUNNumber=Sing20 umcompound
20umumNOUNNumber=Sing17 comeobl
21,,PUNCT_22 dempunct
22demdemNOUNNumber=Sing20 umconj
23tickletickleVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 grinconj
24himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 tickleobj
25ribribNOUNNumber=Sing23 tickleobj
26sosoADV_30 moutadvmod
27badbadADJDegree=Pos30 moutamod
28longlongADJDegree=Pos30 moutamod
29demdemNOUNNumber=Sing30 moutcompound
30moutmoutNOUNNumber=Sing25 ribnmod
31datdatADP_32 himcase
32himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 moutnmod
33bleegebleegeNOUNNumber=Sing34 tercompound
34terterNOUNNumber=Sing35 laughcompound
35laughlaughVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin30 moutparataxis
36;;PUNCT_39 himpunct
37anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 himdet
38sosoADV_39 himadvmod
39himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 grinparataxis
40furgitfurgitADJDegree=Pos42 fightamod
41fuhfuhADJDegree=Pos42 fightamod
42fightfightNOUNNumber=Sing39 himconj
43..PUNCT_3 grinpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grinpresentBuhteet same lucker fool and a ehdog parataxisvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Theme
2say speech: assertinfinitiveBuh not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3comeinfinitivewenpon topper um and demdog nsubjvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4ticklepresentBuh not said heredogrib bad long dem mout dat dog objvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer rib=Result
5laughinfinitivebleege ter compoundvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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