--- title: Den eh tase um, an wen eh fine eh tase same luk any edder soup mek l… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Den eh tase um, an wen eh fine eh tase same luk any edder soup mek long de ting wuh eh han Buh Rabbit fuh pit een de pot, eh tek Buh Rabbit rock, an eh trow um down de well, an eh cuss Buh Rabbit fur er swindler, an mek um shame befo all eh fambly, an mek um leff. Who acts: tek, wen, eh cuss. A sent --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/6/90/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/6/) / 90 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 6, sentence 90 Den eh tase um, an wen eh fine eh tase same luk any edder soup mek long de ting wuh eh han Buh Rabbit fuh pit een de pot, eh tek Buh Rabbit rock, an eh trow um down de well, an eh cuss Buh Rabbit fur er swindler, an mek um shame befo all eh fambly, an mek um leff. **Who acts:** tek, wen, eh cuss · **What happens:** rock, trow down, fur · **To what, where:** um This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tek, wen, eh cuss), 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:pg76586:6:90 # text = Den eh tase um, an wen eh fine eh tase same luk any edder soup mek long de ting wuh eh han Buh Rabbit fuh pit een de pot, eh tek Buh Rabbit rock, an eh trow um down de well, an eh cuss Buh Rabbit fur er swindler, an mek um shame befo all eh fambly, an mek um leff. 1 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 eh eh PUNCT GW _ 40 punct _ _ 3 tase tase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 8 eh eh ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 10 eh eh ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 tase tase NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 luk luk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 15 edder edder NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 17 mek MEK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 18 long long ADJ RB Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 ting ting NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 21 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 22 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 25 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 fuh fuh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 28 een een NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 flat _ _ 29 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 30 compound _ _ 30 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 eh eh INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 33 tek tek NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 trow trow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 41 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 de de ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 40 advmod _ _ 44 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 cuss cuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 52 er er ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 swindler swindler NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 mek MEK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 57 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 59 befo befo ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 58 nmod _ _ 61 eh eh DET DT PronType=Tot 60 conj _ _ 62 fambly fambly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 mek MEK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 66 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 leff leff NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rock** | | tek | | | | | a eh *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **trow down** | infinitive | a wen fine tase same luk | um | | | | Den *compound*; tase um *flat* | tree rules | | 3 | **fur** | | a eh cuss | | | | | er swindler; a mek um shame befo all *conj*; a mek um leff *conj* | tree rules | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/6/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/6/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/6/)