--- title: Buh Fowl-hawk, him switch eh tail, an eh say him smarte nough fuh gi… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Buh Fowl-hawk, him switch eh tail, an eh say him smarte nough fuh git him libbin; dat him dont lack fuh bittle; dat Lord er no Lord, him manage fuh fine all him want fuh eat. Who acts: Buh, dat. 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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 (Buh, dat), 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:pg76586:3:27 # text = Buh Fowl-hawk, him switch eh tail, an eh say him smarte nough fuh git him libbin; dat him dont lack fuh bittle; dat Lord er no Lord, him manage fuh fine all him want fuh eat. 1 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 Fowl Fowl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 switch switch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 smarte smarte X FW Foreign=Yes 13 obj _ _ 16 nough nough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 fuh fuh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 libbin libbin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 dat dat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 dont dont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 lack lack NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 fuh fuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 bittle bittle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 31 er er VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 33 det _ _ 33 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 manage manage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ _ 38 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 obj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 41 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 42 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch** | present | Buh | eh tail and a eh | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Buh *not said here* | Buh | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme smarte=Manner | | 3 | **dat** | infinitive | Buh *not said here* | Buh | | | | dont fuh bittle *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **er** | past | dat | no Lord | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **manage** | present | Buh | fine | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **want** | infinitive | Buh *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **eat** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Buh *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/)