--- title: Den Buh Rabbit schway say: “Ef eh yender you, somebody else muster t… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Den Buh Rabbit schway say: “Ef eh yender you, somebody else muster tief de Cow meat wen we all two bin gone;” an so eh fool Buh Pattridge, an mek um bleebe say strange people muster slip up an cahr off de meat, wen all de time him binner de tief, an hab um lock up safe een him house. Who acts: Den s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/19/) [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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/) / 19 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 19 Den Buh Rabbit schway say: “Ef eh yender you, somebody else muster tief de Cow meat wen we all two bin gone;” an so eh fool Buh Pattridge, an mek um bleebe say strange people muster slip up an cahr off de meat, wen all de time him binner de tief, an hab um lock up safe een him house. **Who acts:** Den schway, two bin, strange people, muster, Ef yender · **What happens:** say, go, slip up, lock up · **To what, where:** cahr · **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 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Den schway, two bin, strange people, muster), 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:pg76586:12:19 # text = Den Buh Rabbit schway say: “Ef eh yender you, somebody else muster tief de Cow meat wen we all two bin gone;” an so eh fool Buh Pattridge, an mek um bleebe say strange people muster slip up an cahr off de meat, wen all de time him binner de tief, an hab um lock up safe een him house. 1 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 schway schway NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Ef Ef PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 eh eh INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 10 yender yender NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 parataxis _ _ 14 else else ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 muster must ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 tief tief NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 de de ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 Cow Cow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 32 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 33 Pattridge Pattridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 mek MEK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 bleebe bleebe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 39 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 40 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 muster must ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 nsubj _ _ 43 slip slip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 cahr cahr NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 48 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 49 compound _ _ 49 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 53 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 54 compound _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:unmarked _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 compound _ _ 56 binner binner NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ _ 57 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 58 compound _ _ 58 tief tief NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 hab hab NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 63 lock lock VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 64 up up ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ _ 66 een een NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 67 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:unmarked _ _ 68 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Den schway | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | participle | two bin | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | strange people | | | | | de Cow meat wen; we *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **slip up** | present | muster | a cahr | | | | de meat and wen *parataxis*; him binner all de time and de tief *parataxis* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent cahr=Patient | | 5 | **lock up** | present | Ef yender you somebody tief and a hab um | | | | | safe *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/)