--- title: _Edder_, other _Eeben_, even _Een_, in, end _Eenwite_, invite _Ef_,… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _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 Who acts: Edder, 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 (Edder, 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:pg76586:15:14 # text = _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 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Edder Edder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Eeben Eeben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Een Een PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Eenwite Eenwite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 invite invite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Ef Ef PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Eh Eh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Element element NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 En En PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 57 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Enty Enty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 59 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 61 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 66 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 69 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 iobj _ _ 71 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 74 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 78 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 parataxis _ _ 79 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **invite** | infinitive | Edder | | Ef | | | Eh *obl* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ef=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | you | | you | | | Darter *nsubj*; do *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **do** | infinitive | Edder *not said here* | Darter | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | present | | end | | | | | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/)