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title: Wen de compny bin er march wid de dead body er de tief een de cart,… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wen de compny bin er march wid de dead body er de tief een de cart, jes es dem come befo de do er de house way Buh Fox lib, wuh bin marry Buh Roccoon darter, him wife bin er look outer de winder, an eh see eh pa han duh heng ober de side er de cart, an eh know um, an eh holler an scream an fall down
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# Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 55

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Wen de compny bin er march wid de dead body er de tief een de cart, jes es dem come befo de do er de house way Buh Fox lib, wuh bin marry Buh Roccoon darter, him wife bin er look outer de winder, an eh see eh pa han duh heng ober de side er de cart, an eh know um, an eh holler an scream an fall down an faint way.

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**Who acts:** de, es dem, bin, Buh, wife bin, scream · **What happens:** er, come, de, marry, bin, look · **To what, where:** house way, outer de winder, eh pa han, um · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (de, es dem, bin, Buh), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg76586:7:55
# text = Wen de compny bin er march wid de dead body er de tief een de cart, jes es dem come befo de do er de house way Buh Fox lib, wuh bin marry Buh Roccoon darter, him wife bin er look outer de winder, an eh see eh pa han duh heng ober de side er de cart, an eh know um, an eh holler an scream an fall down an faint way.
1	Wen	Wen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	compny	compny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	er	er	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wid	wid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	nsubj	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	er	er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
12	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	advmod	_	_
13	tief	tief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	een	een	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	amod	_	_
15	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	14	flat	_	_
16	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	jes	j	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	es	e	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	compound	_	_
20	dem	dem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
22	befo	befo	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	21	obl	_	_
24	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	er	e	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	26	advmod	_	_
26	de	de	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
27	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
30	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	lib	lib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	wuh	wuh	INTJ	UH	_	35	discourse	_	_
34	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
36	Buh	Buh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
37	Roccoon	Roccoon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	_	_
38	darter	darter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	appos	_	_
41	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	ccomp	_	_
43	er	er	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	acl	_	_
45	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
46	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	47	compound	_	_
47	winder	winder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	_
51	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
52	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
53	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	han	han	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
55	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	57	discourse	_	_
56	heng	heng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
57	ober	ober	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	_
58	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	57	flat:foreign	_	_
59	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
60	er	er	X	FW	_	62	compound	_	_
61	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	60	flat:foreign	_	_
62	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
66	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	ccomp	_	_
67	um	um	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	eh	eh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	holler	holler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	appos	_	_
72	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	scream	scream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
74	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	_
76	down	down	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
77	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
78	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
79	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **er** |  | de |  |  |  |  | tief een cart and jes *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | es dem |  |  |  |  | befo de | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **de** | present · do-support | es dem *not said here* | house way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **marry** | infinitive | bin |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **bin** |  | Buh  darter |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **look** | infinitive | wife bin *not said here* | outer de winder |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme winder=Attribute |
| 7 | **see** | infinitive | wife bin *not said here* | eh pa han |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **know** | infinitive |  | um |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer um=Stimulus |
| 9 | **fall** |  | a scream |  |  |  |  | down a faint way | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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