Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 15
Me see dem wuk dem mouf same luk dem bin er talk ter one anurrer, an shake dem head, an pint dem finger.
Who acts: Me, same luk dem · What happens: see, bin · To what, where: wuk dem mouf, er talk
This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Me, same luk dem), 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 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wuk | compound |
| 4 | wuk | wuk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mouf | compound |
| 5 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mouf | compound |
| 6 | mouf | mouf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 see | obj |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dem | amod |
| 8 | luk | luk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dem | compound |
| 9 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bin | nsubj |
| 10 | bin | bin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mouf | acl:relcl |
| 11 | er | er | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 talk | amod |
| 12 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bin | obj |
| 13 | ter | ter | ADP | _ | 15 anurrer | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 anurrer | nummod |
| 15 | anurrer | anurrer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talk | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 head | punct |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 head | det |
| 18 | shake | shake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dem | compound |
| 19 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 head | compound |
| 20 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talk | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 finger | punct |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 finger | det |
| 23 | pint | pint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 dem | compound |
| 24 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 finger | compound |
| 25 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talk | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Me | wuk dem mouf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouf=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | bin | present | same luk dem | er talk and a dem head and a dem finger | ter one anurrer | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent talk=Theme |
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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