--- title: Opening, part 4 — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · full text with trees description: Opening, part 4, «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: XVI. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/) [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 4 # Opening, part 4 Opening, part 4 of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones: the whole text, 178 sentences and 2528 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/page/2/) XVI.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") BUH LION AN BUH GOAT.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Lion bin a hunt, an eh spy Buh Goat duh leddown topper er big rock duh wuk eh mout an der chaw.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh creep up fuh ketch um.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh git close ter um eh notus um good.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Goat keep on chaw.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Lion try fuh fine out wuh Buh Goat duh eat.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh yent see nuttne nigh um ceptin de nekked rock wuh eh duh leddown on.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Lion stonish.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh wait topper Buh Goat.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Goat keep on chaw, an chaw, an chaw.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Lion cant mek de ting out, an eh come close, an eh say: “Hay\![12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Goat, wuh you duh eat?”[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Goat skade wen Buh Lion rise up befo um, but eh keep er bole harte, an eh mek ansur: “Me duh chaw dis rock, an ef you dont leff, wen me done long um me guine eat you.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Dis big wud sabe Buh Goat.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") Bole man git outer diffikelty way coward man lose eh life.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") XVII.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") BUH BEAR AN BUH TIGER.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear, him tired lib wid eh farruh an eh fambly, an eh tell eh farruh eh guine way fuh mek eh own libbin, an eh want um fuh gem wuhebber eh hab wuh cummin ter um from de fambly property.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh farruh an eh murrer try fuh swade um fuh stay long dem, but eh say eh mek up eh mine fuh go.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Den eh farruh tell um eh yent hab nuttne fuh gem cept sebbn loaf er bread.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear, him berry disappint; but wen eh see eh yent guine git nuttne mo, eh gree fuh tek um.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh farruh tell um: “De man wuh eat any er dat bread long you will hab fuh rastle long you fuh sebbn year.”[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear cahr eh bread, an gone der wood, an mek camp fuh ehself.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh bin er eat de bread, Buh Tiger come long an bague um fuh some.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear say: “Buh Tiger, ef you eat any er dis yer bread, you haffer rastle long me fuh sebbn year.”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Tiger, him answer: “Me willin: me hongry; gimme de bread.”[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") Den Buh Bear gen um some, an eh eat um.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") Befo dem part Buh Tiger tell Buh Bear way him house yiz, and gree fuh rastle long um de nex mornin.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear say: “Berry well: me guine come ter you house by de time de sun git up, an you will haffer rastle long me.”[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon a mornin Buh Bear gone ter Buh Tiger house an knock ter de do.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Tiger come out in er hurry, an dey graff hold er one anurrer.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear fling Buh Tiger; an befo eh leh um git up, eh box um side er de head.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") Nex day Buh Bear come gen same time, and Buh Tiger meet um, an dem rastle, an Buh Bear fling um an hit um side er de head, same place way eh bin knock um de day befo.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") Nex day same ting.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") Nex day same ting.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") Nex day same ting.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") De six mornin, wen Buh Bear knock ter Buh Tiger do, Buh Tiger yent come out.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh sen eh wife fuh say eh bin berry sick.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear say eh mus come out.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh wife tell um; an arter Buh Tiger fine out Buh Bear yent guine leff, eh come out.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh head swell way Buh Bear bin a box um.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Tiger look bad.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear hole um gen an eh trow um berry easy, an den eh box um gen in de same ole place sider eh head, way eh bin a knock um befo, an wuh swell.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh hot Buh Tiger so bad eh holler.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") De nex mornin, wen Buh Bear come, Buh Tiger bin in eh bed.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh head tie up, an eh wife bin a nuss um.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh couldnt rastle long Buh Bear no mo.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear, him shame um, an mek um leff eh house.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") Den Buh Bear mobe in an mek ehself satify.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Bear fine out dat de bread wuh eh farruh bin gen um, an wuh eh hardly bin want fuh tote long um, done um a heap er good, an git um er nice house fuh lib een.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") “Wenebber,” added old Daddy Smart, “you farruh gie you anyting, tek um, an tenky.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") You suttenly will fine out dat wuh eh gie you will do you no harm, but eh will fetch good luck ter you.”[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") XVIII.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") BUH MONKEY AN DE BULL-DOG.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") Ebry body cept Buh Monkey bin full er trouble.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") On ebry side you yeddy nuttne cept bout trouble.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") Trouble yuh, trouble day, trouble ebry way.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Monkey tell eh wife eh wonder wuh dis ting duh wuh ebry body bin a talk bout, an wuh dem all duh call trouble.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") Him say him cant tell.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") Den Buh Monkey mek up eh mine fuh go teh de Debble, an fine out from um.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh gone.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh ketch de Debble duh eat eh brukwus; an eh ax um huccum ebry body hab trouble cept him.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") An eh leh de Debble know say him wan fine out wuh dis ting duh wuh bin a bodder ebry body, an wuh ebry body call trouble.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") De Debble tell um fuh go een de kitchin an wait topper um, an wen eh done eh brukwus him will come out an mek um sensible bout dis ting wuh call trouble.[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Monkey gone ter de kitchin, an tek one chair an mek ehself saterfy.[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh jaw duh run water, fuh eh tink ter ehself de Debble guine gem some nice brukwus.[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh wait day sich a lenk er time, an no brukwus come.[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") Den de Debble come outer de big house duh fetch er bag een eh han.[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") De bag done tie up.[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh gen de bag ter Buh Monkey, an eh tell um: “Trouble day een dis yer bag.[71](71/ "tree and pragmatics") You cahr um tel you git een de middle er de ole fiel, an den you open um, an you guine fine out wuh call trouble.”[72](72/ "tree and pragmatics") Big fiel bin all roun an roun de house.[73](73/ "tree and pragmatics") Not a tree nur a stump bin in dat fiel.[74](74/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Monkey tek de bag.[75](75/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh hebby.[76](76/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh state fuh home duh tote um.[77](77/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh tired befo eh retch de middle er de fiel.[78](78/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh ketch de middle er de fiel, eh top, an eh onloose de bag.[79](79/ "tree and pragmatics") Bless God! out jump one Bull-Dog, an eh tek right arter Buh Monkey.[80](80/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh run.[81](81/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh run.[82](82/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh holler.[83](83/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh holler.[84](84/ "tree and pragmatics") De Dog day right arter um duh try fuh bite um.[85](85/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen Buh Monkey git ter de wood, eh state fuh clime de fus tree eh come teh.[86](86/ "tree and pragmatics") De Dog so close behine um eh snap at um an bite off eh tail.[87](87/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Monkey leff eh tail een de dog mouf, an gone up de tree.[88](88/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh fine one crotch, an eh seddown duh pant an der cry.[89](89/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh skade so tell eh scacely kin keep eh seat.[90](90/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh tail duh bleed.[91](91/ "tree and pragmatics") De Dog sed down onder de tree, an watch um, an wait fur um fuh come down.[92](92/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Monkey faid fuh come down.[93](93/ "tree and pragmatics") Ebry time dat Buh Monkey mek motion fuh come down, de Dog show eh teet an growl.[94](94/ "tree and pragmatics") Night come, and Buh Monkey, him day up de tree.[95](95/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh fine out fuh true wuh call trouble.[96](96/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh dat tired, an sore, an skade, eh dunno wuh fuh do.[97](97/ "tree and pragmatics") Bout middle der night de Dog hongry, an gone home fuh eat eh bittle.[98](98/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Monkey slip down de tree an mek track fuh him house.[99](99/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh meet eh wife an chillun, an show um eh tail wuh bite off, an tell um wuh eh bin tru, dem all mek er great miration, an dem all conclude dem know nuff bout trouble, an yent want see um no mo.[100](100/ "tree and pragmatics") Bad plan fuh people fuh hunt trouble wen trouble yent der hunt dem.[101](101/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/3/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/page/2/) - ↑ back to [Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/)