--- title: Buh Goat skade wen Buh Lion rise up befo um, but eh keep er bole har… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: 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.” Who acts: skade wen, eh, Buh, you. 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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 (skade wen, eh, Buh, you), 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:pg76586:4:14 # text = 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.” 1 Buh buh INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 skade skade NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 befo befo ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 eh eh PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 14 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 er er DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bole bole NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 harte harte X FW Foreign=Yes 16 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 mek MEK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 ansur ansur NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 duh duh AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 chaw chaw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 28 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 dont dont VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 leff leff NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 wen wen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 xcomp _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 43 guine guine NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise up** | present | Goat's skade wen | | | | | befo um | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **keep** | present | eh | er bole and a eh mek ansur | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bole=Theme | | 3 | **chaw** *in a quote* | | Buh | dis rock | | | | a ef *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **dont** *in a quote* | present | you | leff | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wen** *in a quote* | infinitive | Buh *not said here* | Buh | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | Buh *not said here* | long um | Buh | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | guine | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/4/)