Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 33

_Yad_, yard _Yearin_, hearing _Yeddy_, to hear, to hearken to _Yender_ ⎫ _Yent_ ⎭ not, was not, were not _Yent day day_, is not there, are not there _Yeye_, eye, eyes _Yez_, ear, ears _Yiz_, am, is, to be, did _Yuh_, here

Who acts: Yad, Yez, Yeye · What happens: hear, hearken, not be, ear, do · To what, where: Yeddy, day day, Yuh

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yad, Yez, Yeye), 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	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Yad	punct
2	Yad	Yad	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 there	nsubj
3	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Yad	punct
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 yard	punct
5	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	appos
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Yad	punct
7	Yearin	Yearin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	flat
8	_	_	PUNCT	_	2 Yad	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hearing	punct
10	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Yad	conj
11	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Yeddy	punct
12	Yeddy	Yeddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hearing	obj
13	_	_	PUNCT	_	12 Yeddy	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hear	punct
15	to	to	PART	_	16 hear	mark
16	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 Yad	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 hearken	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 hearken	mark
19	hearken	hearken	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 hear	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	19 hearken	obl
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	22 Yender	punct
22	Yender	Yender	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	conj
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	24 ⎫	punct
24	⎫	⎫	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	conj
25	_	_	PUNCT	_	26 Yent	punct
26	Yent	Yent	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	conj
27	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 ⎭	punct
28	⎭	⎭	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	appos
29	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 ⎭	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Yad	punct
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 day	cop
32	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 day	advmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 not	punct
34	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 day	cop
35	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 day	advmod
36	_	_	PUNCT	_	39 day	punct
37	Yent	Yent	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 day	compound
38	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 day	compound
39	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Yad	appos
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	39 day	punct
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Yad	punct
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 there	cop
43	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	44 there	advmod
44	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 there	punct
46	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 there	cop
47	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 there	advmod
48	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	44 there	conj
49	_	_	PUNCT	_	74 did	punct
50	Yeye	Yeye	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 did	nsubj
51	_	_	PUNCT	_	50 Yeye	punct
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 eye	punct
53	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 Yeye	appos
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 eyes	punct
55	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 Yeye	conj
56	_	_	PUNCT	_	62 ears	punct
57	Yez	Yez	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 ears	nsubj
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	57 Yez	punct
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 ear	punct
60	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 Yez	appos
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 ears	punct
62	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 Yeye	conj
63	_	_	PUNCT	_	64 Yiz	punct
64	Yiz	Yiz	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 ears	appos
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	64 Yiz	punct
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 am	punct
67	am	a.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 Yiz	appos
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Yeye	punct
69	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 be	cop
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 be	punct
71	to	to	PART	_	72 be	mark
72	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	50 Yeye	acl
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 Yeye	punct
74	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 there	parataxis
75	_	_	PUNCT	_	76 Yuh	punct
76	Yuh	Yuh	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 did	obj
77	_	_	PUNCT	_	76 Yuh	punct
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 here	punct
79	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	44 there	parataxis

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund	Yad and Yender and ⎫ and Yent not said here	Yeddy		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer yeddy=Stimulus
2	hear	to-infinitive				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	hearken	to-infinitive				tree rules
4	not is a	past		day day		tree rules
5	not is	present	Yad and Yender and ⎫ and Yent		there property	tree rules
6	not is	present	Yad and Yender and ⎫ and Yent not said here		there property	tree rules
7	ear		Yez		Yiz appos	tree rules
8	do	past	Yeye and eyes and ears	Yuh		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yuh=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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🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 33

The tree

Pragmatics

Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 33