--- title: Bimeby dem sail pass one anurrer gen, an Buh Fowl-hawk, him call to… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bimeby dem sail pass one anurrer gen, an Buh Fowl-hawk, him call to Buh Tukrey Buzzud, an him say: “Enty me bin tell you me hab no trouble fuh fine bittle wenebber me want um? Who acts: Bimeby dem sail, sail. 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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 (Bimeby dem sail, sail), 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:pg76586:3:29 # text = Bimeby dem sail pass one anurrer gen, an Buh Fowl-hawk, him call to Buh Tukrey Buzzud, an him say: “Enty me bin tell you me hab no trouble fuh fine bittle wenebber me want um? 1 Bimeby Bimeby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 anurrer anurr ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 gen gen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 11 Fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Tukrey Tukrey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 20 Buzzud Buzzud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Enty enty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 bin bin PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 33 hab hab NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ _ 37 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 bittle bittle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 wenebber wenebber NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | infinitive | Bimeby dem sail | one anurrer gen and a Buh Fowl hawk | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gen=Trajectory | | 2 | **call** | present | sail | | | | | Buh Tukrey *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | infinitive | sail | Enty me | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent enty=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | sail *not said here* | hab | sail | | | you *iobj*; no trouble *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | sail | um | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot um=Theme | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/)