Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 14, sentence 18
Heap er time me jine compny wid dem der big road, an try fuh gage dem een conbersation, an fine out who dem yis, an how dey mek out; but dem nebber will tell me, an, befo long, look luk dem git bex, an den dey fade way een de wood an leff me lone een de road.”
Who acts: try, time me jine, luk · What happens: conbersation, yi, tell, look, fade · To what, where: me, way · 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 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (try, time me jine, luk), 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 | Heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 er | compound |
| 2 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | compound |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jine | compound |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 jine | compound |
| 5 | jine | jine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tell | nsubj |
| 6 | compny | compny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dem | amod |
| 7 | wid | wid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dem | amod |
| 8 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jine | appos |
| 9 | der | d | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 road | amod |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 road | amod |
| 11 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dem | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 conbersation | punct |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 conbersation | det |
| 14 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 conbersation | nsubj |
| 15 | fuh | fuh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 conbersation | amod |
| 16 | gage | gage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dem | compound |
| 17 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 conbersation | compound |
| 18 | een | een | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 dem | flat |
| 19 | conbersation | conbersation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jine | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 yis | punct |
| 21 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 yis | det |
| 22 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 yis | amod |
| 23 | out | out | ADP | _ | 22 fine | compound:prt |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 yis | nsubj |
| 25 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 yis | compound |
| 26 | yis | yi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 jine | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 dey | punct |
| 28 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 dey | det |
| 29 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 dey | advmod |
| 30 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jine | conj |
| 31 | mek | MEK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 dey | appos |
| 32 | out | out | ADP | _ | 31 mek | compound:prt |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 tell | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 tell | cc |
| 35 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 nebber | compound |
| 36 | nebber | nebber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tell | nsubj |
| 37 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 tell | aux |
| 38 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 39 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 tell | iobj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 befo | punct |
| 41 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 befo | det |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 befo | punct |
| 43 | befo | befo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tell | conj |
| 44 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 43 befo | advmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 look | punct |
| 46 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 38 tell | parataxis |
| 47 | luk | luk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 fade | nsubj |
| 48 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 bex | compound |
| 49 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 bex | compound |
| 50 | bex | bex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 luk | appos |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 dey | punct |
| 52 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 dey | det |
| 53 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 dey | compound |
| 54 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 luk | appos |
| 55 | fade | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 look | parataxis |
| 56 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 fade | obj |
| 57 | een | een | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 59 wood | nummod |
| 58 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 59 wood | compound |
| 59 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 way | conj |
| 60 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 leff | det |
| 61 | leff | leff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 lone | nsubj |
| 62 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 lone | nsubj |
| 63 | lone | lone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 wood | acl:relcl |
| 64 | een | een | X | Foreign=Yes | 66 road | amod |
| 65 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 64 een | flat |
| 66 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 lone | conj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 38 tell | punct |
| 68 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 tell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conbersation | try | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | yi | time me jine and a fuh dem conbersation and a fine dem yis and a dey | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | future | time me jine and a fuh dem conbersation and a fine dem yis and a dey | me | dem nebber nsubj; a befo conj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||
| 4 | look | infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 5 | fade | present | luk | way and een de wood | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
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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