--- title: _Haffer_, have to, had to _Hair rise_, badly frightened _Haky_ ⎫ _Ha… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _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, wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/17/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/) / 17 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 17 \_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 **Who acts:** Haffer, ⎭, Hatchich, d’ye · **What happens:** have, rise, frighten, hearken, heed, hand · **To what, where:** Hair, Haky, Han, Head, Huccum, Huddy This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Haffer, ⎭, Hatchich, d’ye), 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:pg76586:15:17 # text = _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 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Haffer Haffer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 12 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Haky Haky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ _ 20 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Harky Harky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 hearken hearken VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 heed heed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 29 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Hanker Hanker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Hatchich Hatchich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 hatchet hatchet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 xcomp _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 61 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ _ 64 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 Hebby Hebby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 66 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 69 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Holler Holler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 halloo halloo NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 parataxis _ _ 76 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 Hoona Hoona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 80 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 81 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 Hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 83 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 86 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 87 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 88 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 Huccum Huccum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 89 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 88 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 91 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 92 advmod _ _ 92 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 88 acl:relcl _ _ 93 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 92 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 95 punct _ _ 95 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 98 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 97 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 98 advmod _ _ 98 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 92 parataxis _ _ 99 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 100 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 100 Huddy Huddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 98 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 101 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 100 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 102 , , PUNCT , _ 105 punct _ _ 103 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 105 advmod _ _ 104 d’ye d'ye NOUN NN Number=Sing 105 nsubj _ _ 105 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 98 parataxis _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Haffer | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | infinitive | | | | Hair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hair=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **frighten** | participle | | | | | | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **hearken** | present | ⎭ | Haky and ⎫ | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **heed** | infinitive | ⎭ *not said here* | Han | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent han=Theme | | 7 | **hand** | infinitive | ⎭ *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hatchet** | infinitive | Hatchich | Head | | | | Hebby and heavy Holler and halloo *parataxis* | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | infinitive | | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **get** | infinitive | Hatchich *not said here* | | | | | ahead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | Haffer *not said here* | Huccum | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huccum=Patient | | 12 | **happen** | present | | head | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **come** | infinitive | | Huddy | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location huddy=Theme | | 14 | **do** | present | d’ye | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/16/) - next →: [sentence 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