--- title: One time dis Buckra man bin tell eh fren say him shoot er deer long… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: One time dis Buckra man bin tell eh fren say him shoot er deer long er rifle, an wen eh gone fuh zamine um, eh fine say de ball shoot off eh hine foot an hit um een eh yez. Who acts: dis man bin, eh fren, deer, de ball. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Negro myths from the Georgia coast, to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/) / [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/) / 48 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 11, sentence 48 One time dis Buckra man bin tell eh fren say him shoot er deer long er rifle, an wen eh gone fuh zamine um, eh fine say de ball shoot off eh hine foot an hit um een eh yez. **Who acts:** dis man bin, eh fren, deer, de ball · **What happens:** tell, say, shoot, shoot off · **To what, where:** bin, hine foot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dis man bin, eh fren, deer, de ball), 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:pg76586:11:48 # text = One time dis Buckra man bin tell eh fren say him shoot er deer long er rifle, an wen eh gone fuh zamine um, eh fine say de ball shoot off eh hine foot an hit um een eh yez. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 Buckra Buckra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 fren fren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 er e ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 14 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 rifle rifle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 eh eh ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 fuh fuh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 zamine zamine NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 eh eh INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 28 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 29 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 30 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 31 compound _ _ 31 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 hine hine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 hit hit NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ _ 40 een een NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 flat _ _ 41 eh eh INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 42 yez yez X FW Foreign=Yes 41 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | dis man bin | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | eh fren | bin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shoot** | infinitive | eh fren *not said here* | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | deer long er rifle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **shoot off** | present | de ball | eh hine foot | | | | a hit um *parataxis* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/)