🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 48

Den dem conclude dat de bes ting fuh do bin dat Buh Fox--wuh bin him son-een-law--mus tek one swode an chop Buh Coon head off an bury um, an dat eh skin Buh Coon an bury eh hide an eh cloze, an leff Buh Coon nekked een de trap, so nobody kin tell who bin ketch.

Who acts: Den dem, dat bes, son, one swode, eh skin, eh · What happens: conclude, bin, law, head, bury, hide · To what, where: dat, dem, mus tek, um, eh cloze, een de trap · Speech: someone speaks here

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The tree

Pragmatics

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