--- title: Den Buh Rabbit tell Buh Pattridge: “You tek one er de fore-quarter,… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Den Buh Rabbit tell Buh Pattridge: “You tek one er de fore-quarter, caze you know you leetle an cant tote much one time, an me radder you tek de fore-quarter anyhow, caze eh nex de heart, an eh mo sweeter den de res er de meat.” Who acts: Den, Buh, tek. 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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 (Den, Buh, tek), 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:pg76586:12:9 # text = Den Buh Rabbit tell Buh Pattridge: “You tek one er de fore-quarter, caze you know you leetle an cant tote much one time, an me radder you tek de fore-quarter anyhow, caze eh nex de heart, an eh mo sweeter den de res er de meat.” 1 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 Pattridge Pattridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 tek tek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 de de ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 fore fore NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 caze caze NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 leetle leetle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 cant cant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 tote tote NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 much much ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 radder rad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 obl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 34 tek tek NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 de de VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 36 fore fore ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 anyhow anyhow NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 caze caze NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 eh eh X FW _ 43 compound _ _ 43 nex nex NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 44 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 45 compound _ _ 45 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 sweeter sweet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 amod _ _ 51 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 de de ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 res re NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 54 er e ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 56 advmod _ _ 55 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 56 compound _ _ 56 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Den | | Buh | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent buh=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **tek** *in a quote* | present | Buh | one er and caze | | | | de fore quarter | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Buh | Buh | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **leetle** *in a quote* | infinitive | Buh *not said here* | a cant tote | | | time | | tree rules | | 5 | **de** *in a quote* | present | tek | a radder me you | | | | quarter anyhow and caze *obj* | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/10/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/12/)