--- title: Buh Rabbit tell um say him dist fix ehself dat er way so de Lord kin… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Buh Rabbit tell um say him dist fix ehself dat er way so de Lord kin fine um handy fuh tek um right up eenter Hebben; an den eh say: “Good-bye, Buh Wolf, I leff all me trial behine; you no gwine see me no mo; me gwine leff right off fuh Hebben.” Who acts: Rabbit, dist, den eh, 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 (Rabbit, dist, den eh, 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:pg76586:11:106 # text = Buh Rabbit tell um say him dist fix ehself dat er way so de Lord kin fine um handy fuh tek um right up eenter Hebben; an den eh say: “Good-bye, Buh Wolf, I leff all me trial behine; you no gwine see me no mo; me gwine leff right off fuh Hebben.” 1 Buh buh INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 dist dist NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fix fix VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 ehself ehself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 er er DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 14 de de ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 18 um um ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 handy handy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 fuh fuh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 tek tek NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 23 right right ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 up up ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 eenter eenter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 26 Hebben Hebben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 bye bye INTJ UH _ 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 leff leff VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 behine behine NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 57 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 leff leff NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 flat _ _ 59 right right ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 60 off off ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 62 Hebben Hebben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Rabbit | um | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient um=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rabbit *not said here* | um | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 3 | **fix** | present | dist | ehself | | | | er way *obl:unmarked*; dat *obj* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent ehself=Beneficiary dat=Product | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a den eh | Buh Wolf | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **leff** *in a quote* | present | a den eh *= eh* | all trial behine | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | you | a den eh *= eh* | | | | no gwine *nsubj*; no mo *obj* | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/)