--- title: Buh Fox, wen eh see wuh happne, tek one knife an eh cut off one er h… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Buh Fox, wen eh see wuh happne, tek one knife an eh cut off one er him finger, an eh run to de do, an eh meet de soldier, an eh show um eh han der bleed, an eh tell um say eh bin dis loose one er eh finger, an eh wife dat scade wen eh see wuh happne ter um, dat eh holler an faint way. Who acts: Buh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/57/) [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/) / 57 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 57 Buh Fox, wen eh see wuh happne, tek one knife an eh cut off one er him finger, an eh run to de do, an eh meet de soldier, an eh show um eh han der bleed, an eh tell um say eh bin dis loose one er eh finger, an eh wife dat scade wen eh see wuh happne ter um, dat eh holler an faint way. **Who acts:** Buh Fox, you, eh, de, eh han, eh bin dis · **What happens:** see, tek, cut off, do, say, loose · **To what, where:** one knife, one finger, eh run, eh de soldier, one er, ter um · **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 (Buh Fox, you, eh, de), 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:pg76586:7:57 # text = Buh Fox, wen eh see wuh happne, tek one knife an eh cut off one er him finger, an eh run to de do, an eh meet de soldier, an eh show um eh han der bleed, an eh tell um say eh bin dis loose one er eh finger, an eh wife dat scade wen eh see wuh happne ter um, dat eh holler an faint way. 1 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 7 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 8 happne happne NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 tek tek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 off off ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 18 er er ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 run run NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 27 nsubj _ _ 27 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 meet meet NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 36 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 41 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 amod _ _ 42 bleed bleed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 tell tell NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 49 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 loose loose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 59 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 60 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 scade scade NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 65 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 66 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 65 discourse _ _ 67 happne happne X FW Foreign=Yes 69 dep _ _ 68 ter ter X FW _ 69 compound _ _ 69 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 holler holler NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 appos _ _ 74 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | infinitive | Buh Fox and wen eh | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **tek** | imperative | you *not said here* | one knife | | | | a eh and a eh run *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **cut off** | participle | a eh and a eh run *not said here* | one finger | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector finger=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** | present | de | a eh run *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent run=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a eh han and der bleed and a eh tell um | a eh de soldier *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **loose** | past | eh bin dis | one er and eh finger and a eh wen eh | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent er=Patient | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | eh bin dis *not said here* | ter um | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/58/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/)