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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 53

De ole King, wen eh yeddy dis message, mek up eh mine say de noung King mus hab heap er sense, er else some wise man muster help um; an eh couldnt see how dat kin be, case all de ole an de wise people een de nation done kill.

Who acts: wen eh, ole King, mine, some, wise man muster, eh couldnt · What happens: message, mek up, say, muster, help, be · To what, where: de, um, een nation, kill · 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 12. 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, ole King, mine, some), 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

advmodamodnsubjpunctcompoundnsubjcompoundcompoundnmodpunctadvclcompound:prtadvmodnsubjobjcasensubjcompoundcompoundnmodamodconjpunctdiscourseadvmodnsubjamodcompoundnsubjparataxisobjpunctdetamodnsubjconjadvmodamodobjcoppunctoblnsubjflat:foreigncasedetnmodamodnmodamodflatnmodaclobjpunctrootDeXoleADJKingPROPN,PUNCTwenNOUNehNOUNyeddyNOUNdisNOUNmessageNOUN,PUNCTmekVERBupADPehADVminePRONsayVERBdeXnoungADPKingPROPNmusNOUNhabNOUNheapNOUNerADJsenseNOUN,PUNCTerINTJelseADVsomeDETwiseADJmanNOUNmusterNOUNhelpVERBumNOUN;PUNCTanDETehADJcouldntNOUNseeVERBhowADVdatADJkinNOUNbeAUX,PUNCTcaseNOUNallDETdeXoleADPanDETdeNOUNwiseADJpeopleNOUNeenXdeXnationNOUNdoneVERBkillNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DeDeXForeign=Yes11 mekadvmod
2oleoleADJDegree=Pos3 Kingamod
3KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing11 meknsubj
4,,PUNCT_9 messagepunct
5wenwenNOUNNumber=Sing6 ehcompound
6ehehNOUNNumber=Sing9 messagensubj
7yeddyyeddyNOUNNumber=Sing8 discompound
8disdisNOUNNumber=Sing9 messagecompound
9messagemessageNOUNNumber=Sing3 Kingnmod
10,,PUNCT_11 mekpunct
11mekmekVERBVerbForm=Inf15 sayadvcl
12upupADP_11 mekcompound:prt
13ehehADV_11 mekadvmod
14minemyPRONNumber=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 saynsubj
15saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
16dedeXForeign=Yes15 sayobj
17noungnoungADP_21 heapcase
18KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing21 heapnsubj
19musmusNOUNNumber=Sing21 heapcompound
20habhabNOUNNumber=Sing21 heapcompound
21heapheapNOUNNumber=Sing16 denmod
22ereADJDegree=Cmp23 senseamod
23sensesenseNOUNNumber=Sing21 heapconj
24,,PUNCT_25 erpunct
25ererINTJ_30 musterdiscourse
26elseelseADV_25 eradvmod
27somesomeDETPronType=Ind30 musternsubj
28wisewiseADJDegree=Pos30 musteramod
29manmanNOUNNumber=Sing30 mustercompound
30mustermusterNOUNNumber=Sing31 helpnsubj
31helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 sayparataxis
32umumNOUNNumber=Sing31 helpobj
33;;PUNCT_37 seepunct
34anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 couldntdet
35ehehADJDegree=Pos36 couldntamod
36couldntcouldntNOUNNumber=Sing37 seensubj
37seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf15 sayconj
38howhowADVPronType=Int39 datadvmod
39datdatADJDegree=Pos40 kinamod
40kinkinNOUNNumber=Sing37 seeobj
41bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf37 seecop
42,,PUNCT_43 casepunct
43casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing37 seeobl
44allallDETPronType=Tot50 peoplensubj
45dedeXForeign=Yes44 allflat:foreign
46oleoleADP_48 decase
47anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art48 dedet
48dedeNOUNNumber=Sing44 allnmod
49wisewiseADJDegree=Pos50 peopleamod
50peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur43 casenmod
51eeneenXForeign=Yes53 nationamod
52dedeXForeign=Yes51 eenflat
53nationnationNOUNNumber=Sing50 peoplenmod
54donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass50 peopleacl
55killkillNOUNNumber=Sing54 doneobj
56..PUNCT_15 saypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1messagewen ehtree rules
2mek upinfinitiveole Kingtree rules
3say speech: assertpresentminedenoung mus hab heap King and er sensevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent de=Topic
4mustersometree rules
5helppresentwise man musterumvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Beneficiary
6isinfinitivea eh couldntcase obl; dat kin obj; see propertytree rules
7peopleall ole a deeen nationtree rules
8doparticiplewise people not said herekillvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kill=Eventuality

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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