--- title: But Buh Wolf cist so strong, Buh Rabbit slip to de do, an eh draw de… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: But Buh Wolf cist so strong, Buh Rabbit slip to de do, an eh draw de bolt, an eh tiptoe back ter eh bed, an den eh say: “Well Budder, ef you mus see me, bad off es me yiz, come in.” Who acts: Rabbit slip, bolt, you, de. A sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/74/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/) / 74 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 3, sentence 74 But Buh Wolf cist so strong, Buh Rabbit slip to de do, an eh draw de bolt, an eh tiptoe back ter eh bed, an den eh say: “Well Budder, ef you mus see me, bad off es me yiz, come in.” **Who acts:** Rabbit slip, bolt, you, de · **What happens:** do, say, see, come in, bolt · **To what, where:** Budder, bolt · **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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rabbit slip, bolt, you, de), 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:pg76586:3:74 # text = But Buh Wolf cist so strong, Buh Rabbit slip to de do, an eh draw de bolt, an eh tiptoe back ter eh bed, an den eh say: “Well Budder, ef you mus see me, bad off es me yiz, come in.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cist cist NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 10 obl _ _ 13 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 draw draw NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 18 de de PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 tiptoe tiptoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 ter ter ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 32 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Well well INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 36 Budder budder NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 mus mus NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 parataxis _ _ 45 off off ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 es e NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 compound _ _ 48 yiz yiz NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 51 in in ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | Rabbit slip *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | de's bolt and a den eh | Budder and ef | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent budder=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | you | de's bolt and a den eh *= bolt* | | | | mus *compound* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **come in** *in a quote* | infinitive | de's bolt and a den eh *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bolt** | | de | | | | | | nom bolt «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/)