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title: Wile Buh Wolf duh mek ehself saterfy say him hab Buh Rabbit an gwine… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wile Buh Wolf duh mek ehself saterfy say him hab Buh Rabbit an gwine eat um soon es de rain done ober, Buh Rabbit duh grabble, grabble, grabble onder de bottom er de pole, tel eh mek hole big nough, an den eh slip out, onbeknowinst teh Buh Wolf, an hop roun teh de front do, an eh holler teh Buh Wolf
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 11, sentence 86

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Wile Buh Wolf duh mek ehself saterfy say him hab Buh Rabbit an gwine eat um soon es de rain done ober, Buh Rabbit duh grabble, grabble, grabble onder de bottom er de pole, tel eh mek hole big nough, an den eh slip out, onbeknowinst teh Buh Wolf, an hop roun teh de front do, an eh holler teh Buh Wolf: “You duh sing an der play, ‘Tenk God, rain done sen meat een you house,’ but you yent eat um yet, an you yent gwine eat um.”

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**Who acts:** Wile, Buh, es, Buh Rabbit, den eh, onbeknowinst · **What happens:** say, eat, do, grabble, slip out, sing · **To what, where:** mek, um, ober, de bottom, der play · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Wile, Buh, es, Buh Rabbit), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg76586:11:86
# text = Wile Buh Wolf duh mek ehself saterfy say him hab Buh Rabbit an gwine eat um soon es de rain done ober, Buh Rabbit duh grabble, grabble, grabble onder de bottom er de pole, tel eh mek hole big nough, an den eh slip out, onbeknowinst teh Buh Wolf, an hop roun teh de front do, an eh holler teh Buh Wolf: “You duh sing an der play, ‘Tenk God, rain done sen meat een you house,’ but you yent eat um yet, an you yent gwine eat um.”
1	Wile	Wile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	mek	MEK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	list	_	_
6	ehself	ehself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
7	saterfy	saterfy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	hab	hab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:desc	_	_
11	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gwine	gwine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
16	um	um	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
18	es	e	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	20	compound	_	_
20	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
22	ober	ober	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	27	discourse	_	_
27	grabble	grabble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	grabble	grabble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	grabble	grabble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
32	onder	onder	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
33	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	34	compound	_	_
34	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	er	er	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	37	amod	_	_
36	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	35	flat:foreign	_	_
37	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	tel	tel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
40	eh	eh	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	mek	MEK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
43	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	nough	nough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
49	slip	slip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	acl:relcl	_	_
50	out	out	ADP	RP	_	49	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	onbeknowinst	onbeknowinst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
53	teh	teh	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
57	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
58	hop	hop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	roun	roun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
60	teh	teh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	appos	_	_
61	de	de	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
63	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	eh	eh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	holler	holler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	appos	_	_
68	teh	teh	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	compound	_	_
70	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	75	punct	_	_
72	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	75	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
74	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	75	discourse	_	_
75	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
76	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
77	der	d	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	78	amod	_	_
78	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
80	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	82	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	Tenk	Tenk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	compound	_	_
82	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
84	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	conj	_	_
85	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	75	conj	_	_
86	sen	sen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	87	amod	_	_
87	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	nsubj	_	_
88	een	een	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	87	flat	_	_
89	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	90	nsubj	_	_
90	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	75	punct	_	_
93	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	96	cc	_	_
94	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	96	nsubj	_	_
95	yent	yent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	96	nsubj	_	_
96	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
97	um	um	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	obj	_	_
98	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	96	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	104	punct	_	_
100	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	103	det	_	_
101	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	103	nsubj	_	_
102	yent	yent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	103	amod	_	_
103	gwine	gwine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	104	nsubj	_	_
104	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	96	conj	_	_
105	um	um	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	104	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	96	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	96	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Wile  mek  ehself | mek |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | Buh  hab | um |  |  |  | a gwine *nsubj*; es and de rain *obj*; soon *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | participle | es and de rain *not said here* | ober |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ober=Eventuality |
| 4 | **grabble** | infinitive | Buh Rabbit | ober *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **grabble** | infinitive | Buh Rabbit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **grabble** | infinitive | Buh Rabbit *not said here* | de bottom |  |  |  | tel eh hole big nough *obl*; er pole *obj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **slip out** | present | a den eh *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 8 | **do** | present | onbeknowinst teh Buh Wolf |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | infinitive | You | a der play |  |  |  | Tenk God and rain *conj* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location play=Theme |
| 10 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **house** *in a quote* |  | sen meat |  |  |  |  | you *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 12 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | you | um |  |  | yet |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Patient |
| 13 | **gwine** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 14 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | a yent gwine | um |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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