Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 68
You cahr two jug er rum, an you ride ter de camp, an you gie one jug ter de gang er soldier wuh day on de right, an de edder jug ter de tarruh gang wuh day on de leff, an wen dem drunk you kin tek Buh Coon body outer de cart an cahr um home.”
Who acts: You, two, de, day, Buh · What happens: cahr, jug, ride, gie, ter, drink · To what, where: rum, ter camp, one jug ter, you
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 (You, two, de, day), 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 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 cahr | nsubj |
| 2 | cahr | cahr | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 jug | nsubj |
| 4 | jug | jug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cahr | ccomp |
| 5 | er | e | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 rum | advmod |
| 6 | rum | rum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jug | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 an | punct |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cahr | conj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 ride | nsubj |
| 10 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 an | acl:relcl |
| 11 | ter | ter | X | _ | 13 camp | compound |
| 12 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 ter | flat:foreign |
| 13 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ride | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 an | punct |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 camp | nmod |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 gie | nsubj |
| 17 | gie | gie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 an | acl:relcl |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 ter | nummod |
| 19 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ter | compound |
| 20 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gie | obj |
| 21 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 22 gang | compound |
| 22 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 soldier | compound |
| 23 | er | e | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 soldier | amod |
| 24 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ter | nmod |
| 25 | wuh | wuh | INTJ | _ | 26 day | discourse |
| 26 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 soldier | nmod:unmarked |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 right | case |
| 28 | de | de | ADV | _ | 29 right | advmod |
| 29 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 day | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 ter | punct |
| 31 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 ter | det |
| 32 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 35 ter | nsubj |
| 33 | edder | edder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 ter | compound |
| 34 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 ter | compound |
| 35 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ter | conj |
| 36 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 35 ter | flat:foreign |
| 37 | tarruh | tarruh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 gang | compound |
| 38 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 ter | conj |
| 39 | wuh | wuh | INTJ | _ | 48 drunk | discourse |
| 40 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 drunk | nsubj |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 leff | case |
| 42 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 leff | amod |
| 43 | leff | leff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 day | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 dem | punct |
| 45 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 dem | det |
| 46 | wen | wen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 dem | compound |
| 47 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 leff | conj |
| 48 | drunk | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 gang | acl:relcl |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 48 drunk | obj |
| 50 | kin | kin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 tek | amod |
| 51 | tek | tek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 Buh | nmod:desc |
| 52 | Buh | Buh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 um | nsubj |
| 53 | Coon | Coon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 Buh | flat |
| 54 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 outer | obl:unmarked |
| 55 | outer | outer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 cart | amod |
| 56 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 57 cart | compound |
| 57 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 um | nsubj |
| 58 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 um | det |
| 59 | cahr | cahr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 um | compound |
| 60 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 drunk | obl |
| 61 | home | home | ADV | _ | 60 um | advmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cahr | punct |
| 63 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 cahr | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cahr | present | You | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | jug | present | two | rum | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rum=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ride | present | you | ter camp an | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme | ||||
| 4 | gie | present | you | one jug ter gang er soldier day on right and a edder jug ter and tarruh gang | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | ter | de | tarruh gang conj | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | drink | past | day on de leff and a wen dem | you | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 7 | um | Buh kin tek | outer de cart nsubj; home property | 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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