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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 8, sentence 121

Arter Buh Wolf bin lick Buh Rabbit an trow um een de brier patch case eh ketch um der tief water outer him spring, Buh Rabbit faid fuh meet Buh Wolf, an him leff an gone buil ehself new house een Buh Bear settlement.

Who acts: Arter, Buh, gone buil · What happens: lick, trow, meet, house · To what, where: Buh Rabbit, um, Buh

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Arter, Buh, gone buil), 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

nsubjflatcompoundflatcompoundobjdetconjobjflatcompoundcompoundcompoundobjnummodcompoundparataxisamodamodobl:unmarkedamodnsubjobl:unmarkedpunctnsubjflatlistdiscourseparataxisobjflatpunctdetcompoundapposdetamodnsubjnsubjamodoblflatcompoundcompoundappospunctrootArterPROPNBuhPROPNWolfPROPNbinPROPNlickVERBBuhPROPNRabbitPROPNanDETtrowVERBumNOUNeenNUMdeXbrierNOUNpatchNOUNcaseNOUNehNUMketchNOUNumNOUNderADJtiefADJwaterNOUNouterADJhimPRONspringNOUN,PUNCTBuhPROPNRabbitPROPNfaidADJfuhINTJmeetVERBBuhPROPNWolfPROPN,PUNCTanDEThimPRONleffNOUNanDETgoneADJbuilNOUNehselfPRONnewADJhouseNOUNeenNUMBuhPROPNBearNOUNsettlementNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ArterArterPROPNNumber=Sing5 licknsubj
2BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing1 Arterflat
3WolfWolfPROPNNumber=Sing4 bincompound
4binBinPROPNNumber=Sing1 Arterflat
5licklickVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing7 Rabbitcompound
7RabbitRabbitPROPNNumber=Sing5 lickobj
8anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 trowdet
9trowtrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 lickconj
10umumNOUNNumber=Sing9 trowobj
11eeneenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 umflat
12dedeXForeign=Yes15 casecompound
13brierbrierNOUNNumber=Sing14 patchcompound
14patchpatchNOUNNumber=Sing15 casecompound
15casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing9 trowobj
16ehehNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card18 umnummod
17ketchketchNOUNNumber=Sing18 umcompound
18umumNOUNNumber=Sing9 trowparataxis
19derdADJDegree=Cmp18 umamod
20tieftiefADJDegree=Pos21 wateramod
21waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing22 outerobl:unmarked
22outerouterADJDegree=Pos24 springamod
23himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 outernsubj
24springspringNOUNNumber=Sing19 derobl:unmarked
25,,PUNCT_30 meetpunct
26BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing30 meetnsubj
27RabbitRabbitPROPNNumber=Sing26 Buhflat
28faidfaidADJDegree=Pos26 Buhlist
29fuhfuhINTJ_30 meetdiscourse
30meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf5 lickparataxis
31BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing30 meetobj
32WolfWolfPROPNNumber=Sing31 Buhflat
33,,PUNCT_36 leffpunct
34anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 leffdet
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 leffcompound
36leffleffNOUNNumber=Sing31 Buhappos
37anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 buildet
38gonegoneADJDegree=Pos39 builamod
39builbuilNOUNNumber=Sing42 housensubj
40ehselfehselfPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs42 housensubj
41newnewADJDegree=Pos42 houseamod
42househouseNOUNNumber=Sing30 meetobl
43eeneenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card42 houseflat
44BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing46 settlementcompound
45BearbearNOUNNumber=Sing46 settlementcompound
46settlementsettlementNOUNNumber=Sing43 eenappos
47..PUNCT_5 lickpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lickpresentArterBuh Rabbitvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rabbit=Source
2trowpresentArter not said hereumde patch case obj; eh ketch um parataxistree rules
3meetinfinitiveBuhBuhvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buh=Co-Agent
4housea gone builehself nsubjtree 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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