--- title: Wen de Buckra man quire wuh kind er head wuk him duh do, de New Nigg… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Wen de Buckra man quire wuh kind er head wuk him duh do, de New Nigger say: “Mossa, ef you see tree pigeon duh set on dat tree limb, an you shoot an kill one er dem, how many gwine leff?” Who acts: Wen, 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, 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:pg76586:11:12 # text = Wen de Buckra man quire wuh kind er head wuk him duh do, de New Nigger say: “Mossa, ef you see tree pigeon duh set on dat tree limb, an you shoot an kill one er dem, how many gwine leff?” 1 Wen Wen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 2 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Buckra Buckra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 quire quire NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 list _ _ 6 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 wuk wuk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 duh duh INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 de de VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 16 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Nigger Nigger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Mossa Mossa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 duh duh INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ _ 29 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 limb limb NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 kill kill NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 41 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 gwine gwine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 leff leff NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | infinitive | Wen man quire and kind head wuk mek | New Nigger | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nigger=Eventuality | | 2 | **de** | infinitive | Wen man quire and kind head wuk mek *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | Mossa and ef | | | | tree pigeon *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pigeon=Stimulus | | 5 | **set** *in a quote* | participle | | tree pigeon *not said here* | | tree limb | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on limb=Destination | | 6 | **shoot** *in a quote* | present | you | a kill | | | | one er dem *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kill=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/)