--- title: Eh splutter, eh wabble, an arter awhile eh manage fuh ketch eh bref,… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Eh splutter, eh wabble, an arter awhile eh manage fuh ketch eh bref, an eh mount eh wing, an eh sail off teh one dead libe-oak tree, wuh grow on de bank, an eh set down day an eh pick eh fedder, an eh watch de blood duh drap from eh neck an leg, an eh say to isself: “Me nebber guine bodder long crab --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/99/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/) / 99 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 2, sentence 99 Eh splutter, eh wabble, an arter awhile eh manage fuh ketch eh bref, an eh mount eh wing, an eh sail off teh one dead libe-oak tree, wuh grow on de bank, an eh set down day an eh pick eh fedder, an eh watch de blood duh drap from eh neck an leg, an eh say to isself: “Me nebber guine bodder long crab gen long as me lib.” **Who acts:** eh, wing, blood duh, leg · **What happens:** wabble, manage, mount, grow, set down, drap · **To what, where:** Eh splutter, eh, de bank, eh eh fedder, eh neck, isself · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eh, wing, blood duh, leg), 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:pg76586:2:99 # text = Eh splutter, eh wabble, an arter awhile eh manage fuh ketch eh bref, an eh mount eh wing, an eh sail off teh one dead libe-oak tree, wuh grow on de bank, an eh set down day an eh pick eh fedder, an eh watch de blood duh drap from eh neck an leg, an eh say to isself: “Me nebber guine bodder long crab gen long as me lib.” 1 Eh Eh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 splutter splutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 eh eh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wabble wabble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 arter arter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 eh eh ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 manage manage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 fuh fuh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 ketch ketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 bref bref NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 20 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 26 off off ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 27 teh the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes 33 det _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nsubj _ _ 29 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 30 libe libe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 36 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 39 compound _ _ 39 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 down down ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 48 pick pick NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 fedder fedder NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 55 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 54 flat:foreign _ _ 56 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 duh duh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 drap drap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 appos _ _ 67 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 acl:relcl _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 isself isself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 : : PUNCT : _ 78 punct _ _ 71 “ " PUNCT `` _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 73 nebber nebber NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 74 guine guine NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 bodder bodder NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 76 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 77 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 compound _ _ 78 gen gen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 79 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 82 advmod _ _ 80 as as ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 82 compound _ _ 82 lib lib NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ” " PUNCT '' _ 82 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wabble** | present | eh | Eh splutter and a arter *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **manage** | present | | Eh splutter and a arter | | | | fuh eh bref and a eh sail off the dead oak tree *obj*; awhile *property* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bref=Theme | | 3 | **mount** | | eh wing | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | infinitive | | a eh and a eh watch | | de bank | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location | | 5 | **set down** | participle | a eh and a eh watch *not said here* | a eh eh fedder | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fedder=Result | | 6 | **drap** | present | blood duh | | | eh neck | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a leg | eh neck *not said here* | isself | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent neck=Topic to isself=Recipient | | 8 | **gen** *in a quote* | | a leg *= leg* | | | | | as me lib | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/2/)