--- title: Opening, part 15 — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · full text with trees description: Opening, part 15, «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: “Dis at dat time me wake. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/) [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 15 # Opening, part 15 Opening, part 15 of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones: the whole text, 36 sentences and 1364 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. “Dis at dat time me wake.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Me hair bin a rise on me head, an wen me come fuh fine out me bin een me own bed, an fowl bin a crow fuh day.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Oh, Mossa! dat ting wuh dem call Hell duh a bad place.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Me no wan shum no mo, an me yent gwine day nurrer.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Enty de blessed Jesus done show me de chair wuh eh done sabe fuh me een Hebben?[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Yes, Mossa, me seat eh fix, an ole Jupter ready fur go wenebber de Lord call.”[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") He was indeed prepared, and early in the spring we laid him to rest beneath the venerable live-oaks which, with their solemn arms, guarded the plantation burying-ground.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, not in a vision, but in reality, as we believe, the good old man claimed and was accorded his seat in the “mansion not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.”[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") GLOSSARY[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Abnue\_, avenue \_Agg\_, egg \_All ob er sutten\_, quickly and unexpectedly \_An\_, and \_Arter\_, after \_Arur\_, each, either \_Ax\_, ask[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Bactize\_, baptize \_Bague\_, to beg \_Barruh\_, barrow \_Beber\_, beaver \_Bedout\_, without \_Ben\_, bend, bent, been \_Berry\_, very \_Bes\_, best \_Bex\_, vex, vexed \_Bidness\_, business \_Biggin\_, begin, began \_Bimeby\_, by and by, presently \_Binner\_, was, were \_Bittle\_, victuals \_Blan\_, in the habit of, accustomed to \_Blanks\_⎫ \_Blants\_⎭ belongs to \_Bleebe\_, believe \_Bleege\_, obliged, compelled \_Bodder\_, to bother \_Bode\_, board, boards \_Bofe\_, both \_Bole\_, bold \_Boun\_, resolved upon, forced to \_Bredder\_, brother \_Bref\_, breath \_Bres\_, breast \_Bresh\_, brush-wood, to brush \_Broke up\_, to leave, to depart \_Brukwus\_, breakfast \_Buckra\_, white man \_Bud\_, bird \_Budduh\_⎫ \_Buh\_ ⎭ brother \_Buhhine\_, behind \_Bun\_, burn \_Buss\_, burst, or break through[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Cahr\_, carry \_Caze\_, because \_Ceive\_, deceive \_Cept\_, accept, accepted, except \_Chillun\_, children \_Chimbly\_, chimney \_Chune\_, tune \_Cist\_, insist \_Clorte\_, cloth \_Cloze\_, clothes \_Cohoot\_, bargain, agreement \_Cole\_, cold \_Conjunct\_, agree to, conclude \_Cote\_, court \_Crack eh teet\_, make answer \_Crap\_, crop \_Crape\_, scrape \_Cratch\_, scratch \_Cut down\_, disappointed, chagrined[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Darter\_, daughter \_Day\_, there, is, to be, am \_Day day\_, to be there \_Den\_, then \_Der\_, was, were, into \_Dest\_⎫ \_Dist\_⎭ just, only \_Destant\_, distant, distance \_Det\_, death \_Diffunce\_, difference \_Disher\_, this \_Do\_, door \_Dout\_, without \_Drap\_, drop, dropped \_Duh\_, was, were \_Dunno\_, don’t know \_Dut\_, dirt[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Edder\_, other \_Eeben\_, even \_Een\_, in, end \_Eenwite\_, invite \_Ef\_, if \_Eh\_, he, she, it, his, her, its \_Element\_, the sky, upper air \_En\_, end \_Enty\_, are you not, are they not, do you not, do they not, is it not[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Faber\_, favor \_Faid\_, to be afraid \_Fambly\_, family \_Fanner\_, a shallow basket \_Farruh\_⎫ \_Farrur\_⎭ father \_Feber\_, fever \_Fedder\_, feather, feathers \_Fiel\_, field \_Fine\_, supply with food, find \_Flaber\_, flavor \_Flo\_, floor \_Flut\_, flirt \_Foce\_, force \_Forrud\_, forehead \_Fren\_, friend \_Fros\_, frost \_Fuh\_, for \_Fuh sutten\_, for a certainty \_Fuss\_, first[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Gage\_, engage, hire \_Gedder\_, gather, collect \_Gelt\_, to girt \_Gem\_, to give \_Gen\_, gave, again \_Gie\_, give \_Gimme\_, give me \_Glec\_, neglect \_Glub\_, gloves \_Gooly\_, good \_Graff\_, grab \_Gree\_, agree, consent \_Grine salt\_, fly round and round \_Guine\_⎫ \_Gwine\_⎭ going, going to[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Haffer\_, have to, had to \_Hair rise\_, badly frightened \_Haky\_ ⎫ \_Harky\_⎭ hearken to, heed \_Han\_, hand \_Hanker\_, long for, desire \_Hatchich\_, hatchet \_Head\_, get the better of \_Head um\_, get ahead of him \_Hebby\_, heavy \_Holler\_, halloo, hollow \_Hoona\_, you \_Hot\_, to hurt \_Huccum\_, how happens it, why, how come \_Huddy\_, how d’ye do[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ile me bade\_, grease my mouth \_Isself\_, himself, herself, itself, themselves[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Jew\_, dew \_Jist\_, just \_Juk\_, jerk[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Ketch\_, catch, reach to, approach \_Kibber\_, cover \_Kine\_, kind \_Knowledge\_, acknowledge, admit[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Labuh\_, labor \_Lass\_, to suffice for, to last \_Lean fuh\_, set out for \_Led-down\_, lay down \_Leek\_, to lick with the tongue \_Leely\_ ⎫ \_Leetle\_⎭ little \_Leff\_, to leave, did leave, left \_Leggo\_, to let go \_Leh\_, let \_Lemme\_, let me \_Lenk\_, length \_Libbin\_, living \_Lick\_, to whip, stroke of the whip \_Lickin\_, whipping \_Lick back\_, turn rapidly back \_Lief\_, leave, permission \_Light on\_, to mount \_Light out\_, to start off \_Long\_, with, from \_Lub\_, love \_Luk\_ ⎫ \_Lucker\_⎭ like[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Mange\_, mane \_Medjuh\_, measure \_Mek\_, make, made \_Mek fuh\_, to go to \_Mek out\_, fare, thrive, succeed \_Member\_, to remind \_Men eh pace\_, increase his speed \_Mine\_, mind, heed, take care of \_Miration\_, wonder, astonishment \_Mo\_, more \_Moober\_, moreover \_Mona\_ ⎫ \_Moner\_⎭ more than \_Mona dat\_, more than that \_Mose\_, almost \_Mossa\_, master \_Mouf\_⎫ \_Mout\_⎭ mouth \_Murrer\_, mother \_Mussne\_, must not \_Muster\_, must have[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Nabor\_, neighbor \_Narruh\_, another \_Nebber\_, never \_Nekked\_, naked \_Nes\_, nest \_New Nigger\_, a negro fresh from Africa \_Nigh\_, to draw near to \_Notus\_, notice, observe \_Noung\_, young \_Nudder\_, another \_Nuff\_, enough \_Nummine\_, never mind \_Nurrer\_, neither, another \_Nuse\_, use, employ \_Nussen\_, used to, accustomed to \_Nuss\_, nurse \_Nuttne\_, nothing[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Obersheer\_, overseer \_Offer\_, off of \_Ole\_, old \_Ooman\_, woman, women \_Out\_, to go out, to extinguish \_Outer\_, out of[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Pahler\_, parlor \_Passon\_, parson \_Pate\_, path \_Pen pon\_, depend upon \_Perwision\_, provisions \_Pinder\_, ground-nuts, peanuts \_Pint\_, direct, directed, point \_Pintment\_, appointment \_Pit\_, put, apply \_Playpossum\_, to fool, to practice deceit \_Pledjuh\_, pleasure \_Po\_, poor, pour \_Pon\_, upon \_Pooty\_, pretty \_Pose\_, post \_Prommus\_, promise \_Pruppus\_, on purpose \_Pusson\_, person[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Quaintun\_, acquainted with \_Quaintance\_, acquaintances \_Quile\_, to coil, coiled \_Quire\_, to inquire, inquired[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Rale\_, very truly, really \_Range\_, reins \_Rastle\_, to wrestle \_Retch\_, to reach, to arrive at \_Ribber\_, river \_Riz\_, rose \_Roose\_, roost[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Sabe\_, to know \_San\_, sand \_Sarbis\_, service, kindness \_Satify\_ ⎫ \_Saterfy\_⎭ satisfied, happy, content \_Scace\_, scarce \_Schway\_, to swear, swore \_Scuse\_, excuse \_Seaznin\_, seasoning \_Sebbn\_, seven \_Sed\_, sit, sat \_Sed-down\_, sit down, sat down \_Shet\_, shut \_Sho\_, sure \_Sholy\_, surely \_Shum\_, to see it, see him, see her, see them \_Sider\_, on the side of \_Sisso\_, say so \_Skade\_, scared \_Smate\_, smart \_Sofe\_, soft \_Soon man\_, very smart, wide-awake man \_Sorter\_, sort of, after a fashion \_Sparruh\_, sparrow \_Spec\_, expect \_Spose\_, expose \_Spute\_, contest the championship with \_State\_, start, begin \_Steader\_⎫ \_Stidder\_⎭ instead of \_Straighten fur\_, run rapidly for \_Stroy\_, destroy \_Sukkle\_, circle, fly around \_Summuch\_, so much \_Sutten\_, certain, sudden \_Suttenly\_, certainly, suddenly \_Swade\_, persuade \_Swode\_, sword[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Tack\_, to attack \_Tackle\_, to hold to account \_Tan\_, to stand \_Tarrify\_, to terrify, to annoy \_Tarruh\_ ⎫ \_Turruh\_ ⎭ the other \_Tase\_, to taste, taste \_Tay\_, stay \_Tek\_, take \_Tek wid um\_, pleased with him, her, or it \_Tek you foot\_, to walk \_Tel\_, until \_Ten\_, attend to \_Tend\_, intend \_Tenk\_ ⎫ \_Tenky\_ ⎭ to thank, thanks \_Ter\_ ⎫ \_Teh\_ ⎭ to \_Tetch\_, touch \_Tetter\_, potatoes \_Tick\_, thick, abundant, a stick \_Ticket\_, thicket \_Tickler\_, particular \_Tief\_, to steal, thief \_Ting\_, thing \_Tird\_, third \_Titter\_, sister \_Togerruh\_, together \_Tole\_, told \_Topper\_, on top of, on \_Tote\_, carry \_Trabble\_, travel \_Tru\_, through \_Truss\_, trust \_Trute\_, truth \_Tuff\_, tuft \_Tuk\_, took \_Tun\_, turn, return \_Tun flour\_, to cook hominy[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Up ter de notch\_, in the best style \_Usen\_, to be in the habit of[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Vise\_, to advise \_Vive\_, revive[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Wan\_, to want, to wish, want \_Warse\_, wasp \_Wase\_, waste \_Way\_, where \_Wayebber\_, wherever \_Whalin ob er\_, enormous, severe \_Wid\_, with \_Wile\_, while \_Win\_, wind \_Wine\_, vine \_Wish de time er day\_, to say good-bye, how d’ye do \_Wud\_, word \_Wudduh dat\_, what is that \_Wuffer\_, what for, why, what to \_Wuh\_, what, which, who \_Wuhebbuh\_, whatever \_Wuk\_, work \_Wul\_, world \_Wunt\_, will not, would not \_Wurrum\_, worms \_Wus\_, worse \_Wus den nebber\_, worse than ever \_Wut\_, worth[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Yad\_, yard \_Yearin\_, hearing \_Yeddy\_, to hear, to hearken to \_Yender\_ ⎫ \_Yent\_ ⎭ not, was not, were not \_Yent day day\_, is not there, are not there \_Yeye\_, eye, eyes \_Yez\_, ear, ears \_Yiz\_, am, is, to be, did \_Yuh\_, here[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Zamine\_, examine[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") NUMBERS[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") \_One\_, one \_Two\_, two \_Tree\_, three \_Fo\_, four \_Fibe\_, five \_Six\_, six \_Sebbn\_, seven \_Eight\_, eight \_Nine\_, nine \_Ten\_, ten \_Lebbn\_, eleven \_Twelbe\_, twelve \_Tirteen\_, thirteen \_Foteen\_, fourteen \_Fifteen\_, fifteen \_Sixteen\_, sixteen \_Sebbnteen\_, seventeen \_Eighteen\_, eighteen \_Nineteen\_, nineteen \_Twenty\_, twenty \_Tirty\_, thirty \_Forty\_, forty \_Fifty\_, fifty \_Sixty\_, sixty \_Sebbnty\_, seventy \_Eighty\_, eighty \_Ninety\_, ninety \_One hundud\_, one hundred \_One tousan\_, one thousand[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/14/) - next →: [Months of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/16/) - ↑ back to [Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/)