--- title: Arter de gentlemans done gone, de Serbant call eh Mossa one side an… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Arter de gentlemans done gone, de Serbant call eh Mossa one side an eh say: “Mossa, me willin fuh back anyting you say bout hunt an kill deer, but lemme bague you nex time you tell bout how you shoot um, you pit de hole closer. Who acts: Arter gentlemans, Serbant, Mossa, 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 (Arter gentlemans, Serbant, Mossa, 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:pg76586:11:55 # text = Arter de gentlemans done gone, de Serbant call eh Mossa one side an eh say: “Mossa, me willin fuh back anyting you say bout hunt an kill deer, but lemme bague you nex time you tell bout how you shoot um, you pit de hole closer. 1 Arter Arter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 gentlemans gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 cop _ _ 5 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 9 advmod _ _ 8 Serbant Serbant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 10 eh eh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 Mossa Mossa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 16 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Mossa Mossa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 conj _ _ 22 willin willin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 fuh fuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 anyting anything NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 bout bout NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hunt hunt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 kill kill NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 lemme lemme X FW _ 36 compound _ _ 36 bague bague NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:desc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 nex nex VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 bout bout NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 46 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 pit pit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 50 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 51 compound _ _ 51 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | participle | Arter gentlemans | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Serbant | eh | | | | one side *xcomp* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent eh=Theme eh=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **anything** *in a quote* | | Mossa me | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | fuh anyting *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hunt** *in a quote* | present | bout | a kill deer | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | | 7 | **nex** *in a quote* | present | you | lemme bague | | | time | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | bout | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bout=Recipient | | 9 | **shoot** *in a quote* | present | you | um | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Theme | | 10 | **pit** *in a quote* | present | you | de hole | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Source | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/56/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/11/)