--- title: Wen Buh Squirle fine out dat Buh Fox yent bin gwine pity um an tun u… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Wen Buh Squirle fine out dat Buh Fox yent bin gwine pity um an tun um loose, but dat eh fix fuh kill um an eat um, Buh Squirle say teh Buh Fox: “Enty you know say nobody oughter eat eh bittle befo eh say grace ober um?” Who acts: Wen, eh fix fuh, Buh, you. 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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 (Wen, eh fix fuh, Buh, you), 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:pg76586:10:75 # text = Wen Buh Squirle fine out dat Buh Fox yent bin gwine pity um an tun um loose, but dat eh fix fuh kill um an eat um, Buh Squirle say teh Buh Fox: “Enty you know say nobody oughter eat eh bittle befo eh say grace ober um?” 1 Wen Wen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Squirle Squirle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 fine fine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 dat dat ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 yent yent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 gwine gwine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 tun tun NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 17 loose loose ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 dat that DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 fuh fuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 Squirle Squirle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ _ 32 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 teh teh PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Enty enty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 appos _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 42 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 43 compound _ _ 43 oughter oughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 45 eh eh ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 bittle bittle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nsubj _ _ 47 befo befo ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 50 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 51 ober ober NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fine out** | past | Wen | yent bin | | | | dat Buh Fox; gwine pity um *parataxis*; a tun um *obj*; loose *property* | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent um=Recipient | | 2 | **kill** | present | that eh fix fuh | um | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | present | that eh fix fuh *not said here* | um | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Buh | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Buh Fox | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | nobody oughter | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | bittle befo eh | grace ober um | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent um=Topic | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/10/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/10/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/10/)