--- title: Wen Buh Fox wife come teh, eh spicion say Buh Fox bin know who kill… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Wen Buh Fox wife come teh, eh spicion say Buh Fox bin know who kill eh pa,--wuh bin Buh Roccoon,--an eh tell eh husbun, Buh Fox, say ef eh dont git eh pa body an bring um ter um dat berry night, eh gwine tell Buh Lion him bliebe de one wuh cut eh farruh--Buh Coon--head off an hide um, duh eh own hus --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/60/) [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/) / 60 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 60 Wen Buh Fox wife come teh, eh spicion say Buh Fox bin know who kill eh pa,--wuh bin Buh Roccoon,--an eh tell eh husbun, Buh Fox, say ef eh dont git eh pa body an bring um ter um dat berry night, eh gwine tell Buh Lion him bliebe de one wuh cut eh farruh--Buh Coon--head off an hide um, duh eh own husbun,--Buh Fox. **Who acts:** Wen Fox wife, spicion, Buh Fox bin, eh pa body, gwine, bliebe · **What happens:** come, say, know, kill, bring, tell · **To what, where:** pa, ef, um, bin · **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 (Wen Fox wife, spicion, Buh Fox bin, eh pa body), 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:pg76586:7:60 # text = Wen Buh Fox wife come teh, eh spicion say Buh Fox bin know who kill eh pa,--wuh bin Buh Roccoon,--an eh tell eh husbun, Buh Fox, say ef eh dont git eh pa body an bring um ter um dat berry night, eh gwine tell Buh Lion him bliebe de one wuh cut eh farruh--Buh Coon--head off an hide um, duh eh own husbun,--Buh Fox. 1 Wen Wen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 teh teh ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 eh eh INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 9 spicion spicion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 17 eh eh DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ _ 22 bin Bin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 24 Roccoon Roccoon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 tell tell NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 husbun husbun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 37 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 39 dont dont NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ _ 46 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 ter ter ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 50 berry berry NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 eh eh INTJ UH _ 55 discourse _ _ 54 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 56 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 59 bliebe bliebe X FW Foreign=Yes 63 nsubj _ _ 60 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 59 flat _ _ 61 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 62 wuh wuh NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 63 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 64 eh eh ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 65 farruh farruh INTJ UH _ 64 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 66 -- -- PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 Buh buh INTJ UH _ 68 discourse _ _ 68 Coon Coon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 -- -- PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 71 off off ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 duh duh INTJ UH _ 55 discourse _ _ 77 eh eh INTJ UH _ 79 discourse _ _ 78 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 husbun husbun NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 -- -- PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 Buh buh INTJ UH _ 83 discourse _ _ 83 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Wen Fox wife | | | | | teh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | spicion | | | | | bin Buh *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present | Buh Fox bin | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **kill** | present | | eh pa | | | | who *nsubj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pa=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | spicion *not said here* | ef and eh pa body | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ef=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | infinitive | eh pa body *not said here* | um | | | night | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent um=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | gwine | | bin | | | Buh Lion *obj*; Coon *ccomp*; own husbun and Fox *ccomp* | tree rules | | 8 | **cut** | past | bliebe | | | | | one wuh *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/7/)