--- title: _Yad_, yard _Yearin_, hearing _Yeddy_, to hear, to hearken to _Yende… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: _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 Who acts: Yad, Yez, Yeye. 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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 (Yad, Yez, Yeye), 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:pg76586:15:33 # text = _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 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yad Yad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Yearin Yearin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Yeddy Yeddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 19 obl _ _ 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Yender Yender PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 24 punct _ _ 24 ⎫ ⎫ NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Yent Yent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ _ 28 ⎭ ⎭ NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Yent Yent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 conj _ _ 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Yeye Yeye PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Yez Yez PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 63 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 Yiz Yiz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 69 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 74 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 75 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 Yuh Yuh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 79 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 parataxis _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | Yad and Yender and ⎫ and Yent *not said here* | Yeddy | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer yeddy=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hearken** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | | day day | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | present | Yad and Yender and ⎫ and Yent | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | present | Yad and Yender and ⎫ and Yent *not said here* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **ear** | | Yez | | | | | Yiz *appos* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | past | Yeye and eyes and ears | Yuh | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yuh=Eventuality | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/15/)