--- title: Den de ole King sen wud teh de noung King, wuh de people bin pick ou… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Den de ole King sen wud teh de noung King, wuh de people bin pick out fuh rule ober dem, dat eh mus fetch um er fat hog, but eh musnt be eider er sow-hog, neider er bo-hog, but eh mus be er fat hog. Who acts: Den, people, musnt, mus. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the ver --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/51/) [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/) / 51 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 12, sentence 51 Den de ole King sen wud teh de noung King, wuh de people bin pick out fuh rule ober dem, dat eh mus fetch um er fat hog, but eh musnt be eider er sow-hog, neider er bo-hog, but eh mus be er fat hog. **Who acts:** Den, people, musnt, mus · **What happens:** wu, bin, pick out, be · **To what, where:** fuh ober dem, er sow hog, er fat hog 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, people, musnt, mus), 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:pg76586:12:51 # text = Den de ole King sen wud teh de noung King, wuh de people bin pick out fuh rule ober dem, dat eh mus fetch um er fat hog, but eh musnt be eider er sow-hog, neider er bo-hog, but eh mus be er fat hog. 1 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sen sen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wud wu VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 teh the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes 8 det _ _ 8 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 6 conj _ _ 9 noung noung ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 13 de de ADP IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 bin bin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 fuh fuh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 ober ober NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 25 mus mus NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 fetch fetch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 28 er e ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 29 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 musnt musnt NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 36 eider eider NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 er er ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 sow sow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 neider neider NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 43 er er PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ _ 44 bo bo NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 mus mus NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 er er ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wu** | past | Den | | | | | noung King; ole King sen *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **bin** | present | people | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pick out** | infinitive | people *not said here* | fuh ober dem | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dem=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | infinitive | eh musnt | er sow hog and neider bo hog but er fat hog | | | | eider *nsubj*; neider bo hog *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | infinitive | eh mus | er fat hog | | | | | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/52/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/)