--- title: _Labuh_, labor _Lass_, to suffice for, to last _Lean fuh_, set out f… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _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 _ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/21/) [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/) / 21 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 15, sentence 21 \_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 **Who acts:** labor, me · **What happens:** suffice, last, set out, lead, lay down, lick · **To what, where:** labor, permission, Leggo, Lemme, me, Lenk 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 (labor, me), 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:pg76586:15:21 # text = _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 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Labuh labuh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Lass Lass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 suffice suffice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Lean lean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Leek Leek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Leely Leely PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ _ 44 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Leetle Leetle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ⎭ ⎭ ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Leff Leff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 61 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Leggo Leggo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 67 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 68 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Leh Leh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 70 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 66 parataxis _ _ 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 Lemme Lemme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 78 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 _ _ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 77 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 80 Lenk Lenk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 83 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 appos _ _ 84 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 Libbin Libbin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 87 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 88 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 89 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 90 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 Lick Lick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 88 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 90 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 93 to to PART TO _ 94 mark _ _ 94 whip whip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 96 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 obj _ _ 97 of of ADP IN _ 99 case _ _ 98 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 99 det _ _ 99 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nmod _ _ 100 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 101 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 101 Lickin Lickin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 94 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 102 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 94 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 103 , , PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 104 whipping whip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 105 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 106 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 106 Lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 104 ccomp _ _ 107 back back ADV RB _ 106 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 108 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 106 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 109 , , PUNCT , _ 110 punct _ _ 110 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 111 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 112 advmod _ _ 112 back back ADV RB _ 110 advmod _ _ 113 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 114 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 114 Lief lief NOUN NN Number=Sing 110 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 115 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 110 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 116 , , PUNCT , _ 117 punct _ _ 117 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 118 , , PUNCT , _ 119 punct _ _ 119 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 120 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 121 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 121 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 122 on on ADP IN _ 121 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 123 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 122 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 124 , , PUNCT , _ 126 punct _ _ 125 to to PART TO _ 126 mark _ _ 126 mount mount VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 127 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 128 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 128 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 126 obj _ _ 129 out out ADV RB _ 126 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 130 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 126 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 131 , , PUNCT , _ 133 punct _ _ 132 to to PART TO _ 133 mark _ _ 133 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 134 off off ADP RP _ 133 compound:prt _ _ 135 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 136 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 136 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 133 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 137 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 136 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 138 , , PUNCT , _ 143 punct _ _ 139 with with ADP IN _ 143 case _ SpaceAfter=No 140 , , PUNCT , _ 139 punct _ _ 141 from from ADP IN _ 139 nmod _ _ 142 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 139 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 143 Lub Lub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 144 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 143 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 145 , , PUNCT , _ 146 punct _ _ 146 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 143 appos _ _ 147 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 148 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 148 Luk Luk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 149 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 150 punct _ _ 150 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 148 conj _ _ 151 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 148 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 152 Lucker Lucker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 148 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 153 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 154 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 154 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NN Number=Sing 148 list _ _ 155 like like INTJ UH _ 154 discourse _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffice** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | Lass *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **last** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | lean *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **set out** | participle | | labor *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | participle | | | | | | down *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 5 | **lay down** | infinitive | labor | permission | | | | ⎭ little; with Lub; Light *obl*; Luk ⎭ and ⎫ *obl*; Leek *appos*; Leely and ⎫ *parataxis*; Leff *parataxis* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lick** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | with the tongue | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with tongue=Instrument | | 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | past · do-support | labor *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **leave** | past | labor *not said here* | Leggo | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leggo=Theme | | 10 | **let** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | Leh *parataxis* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **let** | infinitive | | Lemme | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lemme=Theme | | 13 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **\_** | infinitive | me *not said here* | Lenk and Libbin | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **live** | gerund | labor *not said here* | Lick | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme lick=Location | | 16 | **whip** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | stroke of the whip | | | | Lickin *obl* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent stroke=Material | | 17 | **whip** | gerund | labor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 18 | **lick back** | infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 19 | **turn** | infinitive | labor *not said here* | Lief | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 20 | **leave** | infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 21 | **mount out** | to-infinitive | | Light | | | | out *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 22 | **start off** | to-infinitive | labor *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 23 | **stroke** | | | the whip | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient | 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. 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