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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 4, sentence 34

Nex day Buh Bear come gen same time, and Buh Tiger meet um, an dem rastle, an Buh Bear fling um an hit um side er de head, same place way eh bin knock um de day befo.

Who acts: Buh Tiger, er, eh bin · What happens: come, meet, rastle, head, knock · To what, where: um, Buh Bear fling, um side

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Buh Tiger, er, eh bin), 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

compoundobl:unmarkedapposflatcompoundamodobjpunctcccompoundnsubjparataxisobjpunctdetconjconjpunctdetcompoundcompoundoblcasedetcompoundcompoundnmodnsubjflat:foreignacl:relclpunctamodcompoundconjnummodnsubjacl:relclobjamodcompoundconjpunctrootNexPROPNdayNOUNBuhPROPNBearPROPNcomeVERBgenNOUNsameADJtimeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJBuhPROPNTigerPROPNmeetVERBumNOUN,PUNCTanDETdemNOUNrastleVERB,PUNCTanDETBuhPROPNBearNOUNflingNOUNumADPanDEThitNOUNumNOUNsideNOUNerXdeXheadNOUN,PUNCTsameADJplaceNOUNwayNOUNehNUMbinNOUNknockVERBumNOUNdeADJdayNOUNbefoNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NexNexPROPNNumber=Sing2 daycompound
2daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 comeobl:unmarked
3BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing2 dayappos
4BearBearPROPNNumber=Sing3 Buhflat
5comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6gengenNOUNNumber=Sing8 timecompound
7samesameADJDegree=Pos8 timeamod
8timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 comeobj
9,,PUNCT_13 meetpunct
10andandCCONJ_13 meetcc
11BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing12 Tigercompound
12TigerTigerPROPNNumber=Sing13 meetnsubj
13meetmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 comeparataxis
14umumNOUNNumber=Sing13 meetobj
15,,PUNCT_17 dempunct
16anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 demdet
17demdemNOUNNumber=Sing14 umconj
18rastlerastleVERBVerbForm=Inf13 meetconj
19,,PUNCT_23 flingpunct
20anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 flingdet
21BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing23 flingcompound
22BearbearNOUNNumber=Sing23 flingcompound
23flingflingNOUNNumber=Sing18 rastleobl
24umumADP_28 sidecase
25anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 sidedet
26hithitNOUNNumber=Sing27 umcompound
27umumNOUNNumber=Sing28 sidecompound
28sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing23 flingnmod
29ererXForeign=Yes31 headnsubj
30dedeXForeign=Yes29 erflat:foreign
31headheadNOUNNumber=Sing28 sideacl:relcl
32,,PUNCT_35 waypunct
33samesameADJDegree=Pos35 wayamod
34placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing35 waycompound
35waywayNOUNNumber=Sing23 flingconj
36ehehNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card37 binnummod
37binbinNOUNNumber=Sing38 knocknsubj
38knockknockVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 wayacl:relcl
39umumNOUNNumber=Sing38 knockobj
40dedeADJDegree=Pos42 befoamod
41daydayNOUNNumber=Sing42 befocompound
42befobefoNOUNNumber=Sing39 umconj
43..PUNCT_5 comepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentday; timevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2meetpresentBuh Tigerum and a demvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Co-Agent
3rastleinfinitiveBuh Tiger not said herea Buh Bear fling um a um side and same place waytree rules
4headera um side not said heretree rules
5knockpresenteh binum and de day befovn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent um=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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