--- title: You come sleep right ober me back; an wen, soon a mornin, you yeddy… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: You come sleep right ober me back; an wen, soon a mornin, you yeddy me knock me wing togedder and crow, you sail right off fuh de Sun house, an you kin ketch um befo eh git up from eh bed.” Who acts: You, wen. 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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 (You, wen), 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:pg76586:2:12 # text = You come sleep right ober me back; an wen, soon a mornin, you yeddy me knock me wing togedder and crow, you sail right off fuh de Sun house, an you kin ketch um befo eh git up from eh bed.” 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ober ober NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mornin mornin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 yeddy yeddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 togedder togedder NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sail sail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 right right ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 off off ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 fuh fuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 kin kin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 ketch ketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 40 befo befo ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 up up ADP RB _ 46 case _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | You | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sleep** | present | You | right ober me | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ober=Theme | | 3 | **yeddy** | | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **knock** | infinitive | a wen and a mornin and yeddy | wing togedder and crow | me | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination togedder=Theme | | 5 | **sail** | present | you | fuh and a kin ketch um | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuh=Theme | | 6 | **um** | | you | | | | | befo eh git up eh bed | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/)