--- title: Bimeby me retch out me han fuh tell de one huddy wuh bin tan close m… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bimeby me retch out me han fuh tell de one huddy wuh bin tan close me bed on de right side, but eh draw back, an eh say: ‘Jupter, we come fuh leh you know de blessed Jesus duh commin fuh cahr you up ter Hebben an show you de seat wuh eh hab ready fur you.’ Who acts: Bimeby, eh, we, 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 (Bimeby, eh, we, 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:pg76586:14:106 # text = Bimeby me retch out me han fuh tell de one huddy wuh bin tan close me bed on de right side, but eh draw back, an eh say: ‘Jupter, we come fuh leh you know de blessed Jesus duh commin fuh cahr you up ter Hebben an show you de seat wuh eh hab ready fur you.’ 1 Bimeby Bimeby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 retch retch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 6 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 de de ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 11 huddy huddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 wuh wuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 tan tan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 21 dep _ _ 20 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 draw draw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Jupter Jupter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 38 leh leh INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 41 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 43 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 44 duh duh INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ _ 45 commin commin NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 47 cahr cahr NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:desc _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 parataxis _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 50 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 51 Hebben Hebben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 52 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 de de VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 57 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 61 discourse _ _ 58 eh eh X FW Foreign=Yes 61 nsubj _ _ 59 hab hab NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 60 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retch out** | infinitive | Bimeby me | me | | | | han *obl* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Bimeby me *not said here* | | | | | de one huddy bin tan | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **close** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Bimeby me *not said here* | me | | right side | | bed *obl* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **draw back** | present | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a eh | Jupter | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jupter=Topic | | 6 | **come** | present | we | Jupter *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jupter=Theme | | 7 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **bless up** | past | de | | | | | you *parataxis* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **de** | present | you | seat | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **fur** | | ter | you | | | | a show *nsubj* | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/)