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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 9, sentence 46

Buh Rabbit notus way Buh Wolf bin trow de agg; an soon es Buh Wolf gone back een him house, Buh Rabbit gedder dem up an tote um off een de bush, an seddown an biggin fuh eat dem dist es saterfy es kin be.

Who acts: Wolf bin, es, biggin fuh · What happens: trow, go back, eat · To what, where: Rabbit notus way, een house, dist es

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wolf bin, es, biggin fuh), 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

discoursecompoundcompoundobl:unmarkedcompoundcompoundnsubjcompoundobjpunctdetadvmodnsubjnsubjflatadvcladvmodnummodobjobjpunctcompoundcompoundcompoundoblcasedetcompoundnmodcaseoblcompoundnmod:unmarkedpunctdetobldetcompoundnsubjacl:relclcompoundcompoundobjamodnsubjadvmodacl:relclpunctrootBuhINTJRabbitPROPNnotusNOUNwayNOUNBuhPROPNWolfPROPNbinNOUNtrowVERBdeXaggNOUN;PUNCTanDETsoonADVesNOUNBuhPROPNWolfPROPNgoneVERBbackADVeenNUMhimPRONhouseNOUN,PUNCTBuhPROPNRabbitPROPNgedderNOUNdemNOUNupADPanDETtoteNOUNumNOUNoffADPeenNUMdeXbushNOUN,PUNCTanDETseddownNOUNanDETbigginNOUNfuhNOUNeatVERBdemNOUNdistNOUNesNOUNsaterfyADJesNOUNkinADVbeAUX.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BuhbuhINTJ_2 Rabbitdiscourse
2RabbitRabbitPROPNNumber=Sing4 waycompound
3notusnotusNOUNNumber=Sing4 waycompound
4waywayNOUNNumber=Sing8 trowobl:unmarked
5BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing6 Wolfcompound
6WolfWolfPROPNNumber=Sing7 bincompound
7binbinNOUNNumber=Sing8 trownsubj
8trowtrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9dedeXForeign=Yes10 aggcompound
10aggaggNOUNNumber=Sing8 trowobj
11;;PUNCT_17 gonepunct
12anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 esdet
13soonsoonADVDegree=Pos14 esadvmod
14eseNOUNNumber=Plur17 gonensubj
15BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing17 gonensubj
16WolfWolfPROPNNumber=Sing15 Buhflat
17gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 trowadvcl
18backbackADV_19 eenadvmod
19eeneenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card21 housenummod
20himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 eenobj
21househouseNOUNNumber=Sing17 goneobj
22,,PUNCT_26 dempunct
23BuhBuhPROPNNumber=Sing24 Rabbitcompound
24RabbitRabbitPROPNNumber=Sing26 demcompound
25geddergedderNOUNNumber=Sing26 demcompound
26demdemNOUNNumber=Sing17 goneobl
27upupADP_30 umcase
28anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 umdet
29totetoteNOUNNumber=Sing30 umcompound
30umumNOUNNumber=Sing26 demnmod
31offoffADP_32 eencase
32eeneenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card17 goneobl
33dedeXForeign=Yes34 bushcompound
34bushbushNOUNNumber=Sing32 eennmod:unmarked
35,,PUNCT_37 seddownpunct
36anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 seddowndet
37seddownseddownNOUNNumber=Sing17 goneobl
38anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 fuhdet
39bigginbigginNOUNNumber=Sing40 fuhcompound
40fuhfuhNOUNNumber=Sing41 eatnsubj
41eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin37 seddownacl:relcl
42demdemNOUNNumber=Sing43 distcompound
43distdistNOUNNumber=Sing44 escompound
44eseNOUNNumber=Plur41 eatobj
45saterfysaterfyADJDegree=Pos46 esamod
46eseNOUNNumber=Plur48 bensubj
47kinkinADV_48 beadvmod
48bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf44 esacl:relcl
49..PUNCT_8 trowpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trowpresentWolf binRabbit notus wayde agg objtree rules
2go backparticiplea eseen houseoff een de bush; Rabbit gedder dem up a tote um obl; a seddown obl; Buh nsubjtree rules
3eatpresenta biggin fuhdist esvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=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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