--- title: Eh set on de top er de dead pine tree way de sun kin wam um, an eh t… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Eh set on de top er de dead pine tree way de sun kin wam um, an eh tretch out eh wing, an eh tun roun an roun so de win kin dry eh fedder, an eh laugh to isself, an eh say: “Dis rain done ober. Who acts: Eh, de, Dis rain. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eh, de, Dis rain), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76586:1:219 # text = Eh set on de top er de dead pine tree way de sun kin wam um, an eh tretch out eh wing, an eh tun roun an roun so de win kin dry eh fedder, an eh laugh to isself, an eh say: “Dis rain done ober. 1 Eh Eh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 4 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 11 nsubj _ _ 5 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 13 compound _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 kin kin X GW ExtPos=PROPN 11 appos _ _ 15 wam wam NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 20 tretch tretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 tun tun NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 33 nsubj _ _ 33 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 34 kin kin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 fedder fedder NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 isself isself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 47 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 53 ober ober PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | Eh | | | dead tree way top er de and a eh | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tretch out** | infinitive | Eh *not said here* | eh wing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **win** | present | de | kin dry eh fedder and a eh | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fedder=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | de *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | Dis rain | ober | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ober=Eventuality | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/218/) - next →: [sentence 220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/220/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/)