Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 6, sentence 90
Den eh tase um, an wen eh fine eh tase same luk any edder soup mek long de ting wuh eh han Buh Rabbit fuh pit een de pot, eh tek Buh Rabbit rock, an eh trow um down de well, an eh cuss Buh Rabbit fur er swindler, an mek um shame befo all eh fambly, an mek um leff.
Who acts: tek, wen, eh cuss · What happens: rock, trow down, fur · To what, where: um
This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tek, wen, eh cuss), 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 | Den | Den | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 eh | compound |
| 2 | eh | eh | PUNCT | _ | 40 trow | punct |
| 3 | tase | tase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 um | compound |
| 4 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eh | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wen | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 wen | det |
| 7 | wen | wen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 trow | nsubj |
| 8 | eh | eh | ADV | _ | 9 fine | advmod |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 luk | amod |
| 10 | eh | eh | ADV | _ | 9 fine | advmod |
| 11 | tase | tase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 luk | compound |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 luk | amod |
| 13 | luk | luk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wen | nmod |
| 14 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 soup | det |
| 15 | edder | edder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 soup | compound |
| 16 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 luk | appos |
| 17 | mek | MEK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 soup | appos |
| 18 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 ting | amod |
| 19 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 ting | amod |
| 20 | ting | ting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 soup | conj |
| 21 | wuh | wuh | INTJ | _ | 20 ting | discourse |
| 22 | eh | eh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 han | amod |
| 23 | han | han | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ting | conj |
| 24 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 pit | compound |
| 25 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Buh | flat |
| 26 | fuh | fuh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 pit | amod |
| 27 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 han | appos |
| 28 | een | een | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 pit | flat |
| 29 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 30 pot | compound |
| 30 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 pit | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 eh | punct |
| 32 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 36 rock | discourse |
| 33 | tek | tek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 rock | nsubj |
| 34 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 rock | compound |
| 35 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Buh | flat |
| 36 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 soup | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 eh | punct |
| 38 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 eh | det |
| 39 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 rock | conj |
| 40 | trow | trow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 41 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 trow | obj |
| 42 | down | down | ADP | _ | 40 trow | compound:prt |
| 43 | de | de | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 40 trow | advmod |
| 44 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 43 de | fixed |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 cuss | punct |
| 46 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 cuss | det |
| 47 | eh | eh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 cuss | amod |
| 48 | cuss | cuss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fur | nsubj |
| 49 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Rabbit | compound |
| 50 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 fur | compound |
| 51 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 trow | parataxis |
| 52 | er | er | ADP | _ | 53 swindler | case |
| 53 | swindler | swindler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fur | nmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 shame | punct |
| 55 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 shame | det |
| 56 | mek | MEK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 shame | compound |
| 57 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 shame | compound |
| 58 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fur | conj |
| 59 | befo | befo | ADP | _ | 60 all | case |
| 60 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 58 shame | nmod |
| 61 | eh | eh | DET | PronType=Tot | 60 all | conj |
| 62 | fambly | fambly | ADV | _ | 58 shame | advmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 leff | punct |
| 64 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 leff | det |
| 65 | mek | MEK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 leff | compound |
| 66 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 leff | compound |
| 67 | leff | leff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fur | conj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 trow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rock | tek | a eh conj | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | trow down | infinitive | a wen fine tase same luk | um | Den compound; tase um flat | tree rules | |||
| 3 | fur | a eh cuss | er swindler; a mek um shame befo all conj; a mek um leff conj | tree rules |
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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