--- title: Den dem conclude dat de bes ting fuh do bin dat Buh Fox--wuh bin him… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Den dem conclude dat de bes ting fuh do bin dat Buh Fox--wuh bin him son-een-law--mus tek one swode an chop Buh Coon head off an bury um, an dat eh skin Buh Coon an bury eh hide an eh cloze, an leff Buh Coon nekked een de trap, so nobody kin tell who bin ketch. Who acts: Den dem, dat bes, son, one s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/48/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/) / 48 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 48 Den dem conclude dat de bes ting fuh do bin dat Buh Fox--wuh bin him son-een-law--mus tek one swode an chop Buh Coon head off an bury um, an dat eh skin Buh Coon an bury eh hide an eh cloze, an leff Buh Coon nekked een de trap, so nobody kin tell who bin ketch. **Who acts:** Den dem, dat bes, son, one swode, eh skin, eh · **What happens:** conclude, bin, law, head, bury, hide · **To what, where:** dat, dem, mus tek, um, eh cloze, een de trap · **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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Den dem, dat bes, son, one swode), 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:pg76586:7:48 # text = Den dem conclude dat de bes ting fuh do bin dat Buh Fox--wuh bin him son-een-law--mus tek one swode an chop Buh Coon head off an bury um, an dat eh skin Buh Coon an bury eh hide an eh cloze, an leff Buh Coon nekked een de trap, so nobody kin tell who bin ketch. 1 Den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 conclude conclude VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ 6 bes be NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 ting ting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 fuh fuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 bin bin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 16 bin bin VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 een een NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 mus mus NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 tek tek NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 swode swode NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 chop chop NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 30 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 31 Coon Coon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 acl:relcl _ _ 33 off off ADP IN _ 32 conj _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 36 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 43 Coon Coon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bury bury VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 46 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 cloze cloze NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 leff leff NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 54 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 55 Coon Coon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 flat _ _ 56 nekked nekk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 57 een een NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 58 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 62 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 64 nsubj _ _ 63 kin kin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 64 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 65 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 bin bin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 ccomp _ _ 67 ketch ketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | present | Den dem | | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **bin** | present · do-support | dat bes and ting fuh | dat and Buh Fox | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dat=Theme | | 3 | **bin** | infinitive | | dem | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **law** | | son | | | | | mus tek *appos* | tree rules | | 5 | **head** | | one swode | mus tek *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bury** | infinitive | one swode *not said here* | um | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent um=Theme | | 7 | **bury** | present | a eh skin | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hide** | present | eh | a eh cloze | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloze=Patient | | 9 | **nekk** | past | a leff | een de trap | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | nobody | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **bin** | present | | ketch | | | | who *nsubj* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ketch=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/)