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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

compoundcompoundcompoundcompoundnsubjamodamodapposamodamodconjpunctdetnsubjamodcompoundcompoundflatconjpunctdetamodcompound:prtnsubjcompoundconjpunctdetadvmodconjapposcompound:prtpunctcccompoundnsubjauxiobjpunctdetpunctconjadvmodpunctparataxisnsubjcompoundcompoundappospunctdetcompoundapposparataxisobjnummodcompoundconjdetnsubjnsubjacl:relclamodflatconjpunctpunctrootHeapNOUNerNOUNtimeNOUNmePRONjineNOUNcompnyADJwidADJdemNOUNderADJbigADJroadNOUN,PUNCTanDETtryNOUNfuhADJgageNOUNdemNOUNeenNUMconbersationNOUN,PUNCTanDETfineADJoutADPwhoPRONdemNOUNyisNOUN,PUNCTanDEThowADVdeyNOUNmekPROPNoutADP;PUNCTbutCCONJdemNOUNnebberNOUNwillAUXtellVERBmePRON,PUNCTanDET,PUNCTbefoNOUNlongADV,PUNCTlookVERBlukPROPNdemNOUNgitNOUNbexNOUN,PUNCTanDETdenNOUNdeyNOUNfadeVERBwayNOUNeenNUMdeXwoodNOUNanDETleffNOUNmePRONloneADJeenXdeXroadNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HeapheapNOUNNumber=Sing2 ercompound
2ererNOUNNumber=Sing3 timecompound
3timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 jinecompound
4meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 jinecompound
5jinejineNOUNNumber=Sing38 tellnsubj
6compnycompnyADJDegree=Pos8 demamod
7widwidADJDegree=Pos8 demamod
8demdemNOUNNumber=Sing5 jineappos
9derdADJDegree=Cmp11 roadamod
10bigbigADJDegree=Pos11 roadamod
11roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing8 demconj
12,,PUNCT_19 conbersationpunct
13anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art19 conbersationdet
14trytryNOUNNumber=Sing19 conbersationnsubj
15fuhfuhADJDegree=Pos19 conbersationamod
16gagegageNOUNNumber=Sing17 demcompound
17demdemNOUNNumber=Sing19 conbersationcompound
18eeneenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card17 demflat
19conbersationconbersationNOUNNumber=Sing5 jineconj
20,,PUNCT_26 yispunct
21anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 yisdet
22finefineADJDegree=Pos26 yisamod
23outoutADP_22 finecompound:prt
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel26 yisnsubj
25demdemNOUNNumber=Sing26 yiscompound
26yisyiNOUNNumber=Plur5 jineconj
27,,PUNCT_30 deypunct
28anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 deydet
29howhowADVPronType=Int30 deyadvmod
30deydeyNOUNNumber=Sing5 jineconj
31mekMEKPROPNNumber=Sing30 deyappos
32outoutADP_31 mekcompound:prt
33;;PUNCT_38 tellpunct
34butbutCCONJ_38 tellcc
35demdemNOUNNumber=Sing36 nebbercompound
36nebbernebberNOUNNumber=Sing38 tellnsubj
37willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin38 tellaux
38telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
39meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 telliobj
40,,PUNCT_43 befopunct
41anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 befodet
42,,PUNCT_43 befopunct
43befobefoNOUNNumber=Sing38 tellconj
44longlongADVDegree=Pos43 befoadvmod
45,,PUNCT_46 lookpunct
46looklookVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin38 tellparataxis
47luklukPROPNNumber=Sing55 fadensubj
48demdemNOUNNumber=Sing50 bexcompound
49gitgitNOUNNumber=Sing50 bexcompound
50bexbexNOUNNumber=Sing47 lukappos
51,,PUNCT_54 deypunct
52anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art54 deydet
53dendenNOUNNumber=Sing54 deycompound
54deydeyNOUNNumber=Sing47 lukappos
55fadefadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin46 lookparataxis
56waywayNOUNNumber=Sing55 fadeobj
57eeneenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card59 woodnummod
58dedeXForeign=Yes59 woodcompound
59woodwoodNOUNNumber=Sing56 wayconj
60anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art61 leffdet
61leffleffNOUNNumber=Sing63 lonensubj
62meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs63 lonensubj
63loneloneADJDegree=Pos59 woodacl:relcl
64eeneenXForeign=Yes66 roadamod
65dedeXForeign=Yes64 eenflat
66roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing63 loneconj
67..PUNCT_38 tellpunct
68”"PUNCT_38 tellpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1conbersationtrytree rules
2yitime me jine and a fuh dem conbersation and a fine dem yis and a deytree rules
3tell speech: assertfuturetime me jine and a fuh dem conbersation and a fine dem yis and a deymedem nebber nsubj; a befo conjvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
4lookinfinitivevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5fadepresentlukway and een de woodvn 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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