Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 51
Den de ole King sen wud teh de noung King, wuh de people bin pick out fuh rule ober dem, dat eh mus fetch um er fat hog, but eh musnt be eider er sow-hog, neider er bo-hog, but eh mus be er fat hog.
Who acts: Den, people, musnt, mus · What happens: wu, bin, pick out, be · To what, where: fuh ober dem, er sow hog, er fat hog
This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Den, people, musnt, mus), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Den | Den | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wud | nsubj |
| 2 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Den | flat:foreign |
| 3 | ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sen | amod |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sen | compound |
| 5 | sen | sen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wud | nsubj |
| 6 | wud | wu | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | teh | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art Typo=Yes | 8 de | det |
| 8 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 wud | conj |
| 9 | noung | noung | ADP | _ | 10 King | case |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wud | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wuh | punct |
| 12 | wuh | wuh | INTJ | _ | 6 wud | discourse |
| 13 | de | de | ADP | _ | 15 bin | mark |
| 14 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 bin | nsubj |
| 15 | bin | bin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wud | advcl |
| 16 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 bin | xcomp |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 pick | compound:prt |
| 18 | fuh | fuh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 dem | amod |
| 19 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ober | compound |
| 20 | ober | ober | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 dem | compound |
| 21 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pick | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 eh | punct |
| 23 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 eh | compound |
| 24 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 dem | appos |
| 25 | mus | mus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 fetch | compound |
| 26 | fetch | fetch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 um | compound |
| 27 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 eh | appos |
| 28 | er | e | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 hog | amod |
| 29 | fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 hog | amod |
| 30 | hog | hog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 um | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 hog | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 hog | cc |
| 33 | eh | eh | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 musnt | det |
| 34 | musnt | musnt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hog | nsubj |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 hog | cop |
| 36 | eider | eider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hog | nsubj |
| 37 | er | er | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 hog | amod |
| 38 | sow | sow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hog | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 sow | punct |
| 40 | hog | hog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wud | parataxis |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 hog | punct |
| 42 | neider | neider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 hog | compound |
| 43 | er | er | PUNCT | _ | 42 neider | punct |
| 44 | bo | bo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 hog | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 hog | punct |
| 46 | hog | hog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hog | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 hog | punct |
| 48 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 hog | cc |
| 49 | eh | eh | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 mus | det |
| 50 | mus | mus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 hog | nsubj |
| 51 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 hog | cop |
| 52 | er | er | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 hog | amod |
| 53 | fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 hog | amod |
| 54 | hog | hog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hog | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wud | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wu | past | Den | noung King; ole King sen nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bin | present | people | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pick out | infinitive | people not said here | fuh ober dem | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dem=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a | infinitive | eh musnt | er sow hog and neider bo hog but er fat hog | eider nsubj; neider bo hog conj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is a | infinitive | eh mus | er fat hog | tree rules |
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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