Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 44
Buh Lion do es him say, an de nex night, wen Buh Coon, Buh Fox, an Buh Rabbit gone fuh rob de bank gen, Buh Coon, him walk topper de trap an eh ketch um by eh foot.
Who acts: Buh · What happens: do, say, walk, trap · To what, where: es, topper de, eh ketch um · 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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Buh), 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 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 do | nsubj |
| 2 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Buh | flat |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | es | e | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 do | obj |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 4 es | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 night | punct |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 night | det |
| 9 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 night | advmod |
| 10 | nex | nex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 night | compound |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 es | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wen | punct |
| 13 | wen | wen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 night | conj |
| 14 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 wen | appos |
| 15 | Coon | Coon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Buh | flat |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Fox | punct |
| 17 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Fox | compound |
| 18 | Fox | Fox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Buh | appos |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Rabbit | punct |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 Rabbit | det |
| 21 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Rabbit | compound |
| 22 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 night | parataxis |
| 23 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 gen | amod |
| 24 | fuh | fuh | INTJ | _ | 28 gen | discourse |
| 25 | rob | Rob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 gen | compound |
| 26 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 rob | flat |
| 27 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 gen | compound |
| 28 | gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Rabbit | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Buh | punct |
| 30 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 gen | appos |
| 31 | Coon | Coon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Buh | flat |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 walk | punct |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 walk | nsubj |
| 34 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 gen | parataxis |
| 35 | topper | topper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 de | compound |
| 36 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 walk | obj |
| 37 | trap | trap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 34 walk | conj |
| 38 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 um | det |
| 39 | eh | eh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 um | amod |
| 40 | ketch | ketch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 um | compound |
| 41 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 trap | obj |
| 42 | by | by | ADP | _ | 44 foot | case |
| 43 | eh | eh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 foot | amod |
| 44 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 trap | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Buh | es and a nex night a Buh Rabbit and gone rob bank gen and wen | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Buh | es and a nex night a Buh Rabbit and gone rob bank gen and wen not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent e=Topic | ||||
| 3 | walk | present | Buh | topper de | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme de=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | trap | present | Buh not said here | a eh ketch um | by eh foot | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: 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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