Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 5, sentence 71
Eh gedder water in piggin an calabash fuh lass um, an den eh git two oncommon big horn, an eh gone eenside an fassen up de do, an mek ehself saterfy.
Who acts: eh, two oncommon big horn · What happens: go, fassen up, do · To what, where: gone eenside, eh git, fuh lass um
This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eh, two oncommon big horn), 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 | Eh | Eh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 water | compound |
| 2 | gedder | gedder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 water | compound |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 um | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 piggin | case |
| 5 | piggin | piggin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 water | nmod |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 um | det |
| 7 | calabash | calabash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 um | nsubj |
| 8 | fuh | fuh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 um | amod |
| 9 | lass | lass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 um | compound |
| 10 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 git | punct |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 git | det |
| 13 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 eh | compound |
| 14 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 git | compound |
| 15 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 um | appos |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 horn | nummod |
| 17 | oncommon | oncommon | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 horn | amod |
| 18 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 horn | amod |
| 19 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 do | nsubj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 eh | punct |
| 21 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 eh | det |
| 22 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 horn | appos |
| 23 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 eenside | amod |
| 24 | eenside | eenside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 fassen | obl |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 fassen | det |
| 26 | fassen | fassen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 eh | acl:relcl |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 fassen | compound:prt |
| 28 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 26 fassen | flat |
| 29 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 git | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 saterfy | punct |
| 31 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 saterfy | det |
| 32 | mek | MEK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 saterfy | compound |
| 33 | ehself | ehself | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 mek | flat |
| 34 | saterfy | saterfy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 um | conj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 um | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | participle | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | fassen up | present | a eh not said here | gone eenside | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | present | two oncommon big horn | a eh git not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent git=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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