--- title: Dist es eh bin guine tek de gal eh change eh mine, an eh tun ter eh… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Dist es eh bin guine tek de gal eh change eh mine, an eh tun ter eh old self, wid eh forky tail, an eh claw, an eh batwing, an eh owl yez, an eh blow fire outer eh mout, an eh bun up eh wife, an him farruh, an him murrer, an him bredder, an de house, an ebry ting wuh day een um. Who acts: Dist es. A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/8/89/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/8/) / 89 # Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 8, sentence 89 Dist es eh bin guine tek de gal eh change eh mine, an eh tun ter eh old self, wid eh forky tail, an eh claw, an eh batwing, an eh owl yez, an eh blow fire outer eh mout, an eh bun up eh wife, an him farruh, an him murrer, an him bredder, an de house, an ebry ting wuh day een um. **Who acts:** Dist es · **What happens:** change · **To what, where:** eh mine This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dist es), 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:pg76586:8:89 # text = Dist es eh bin guine tek de gal eh change eh mine, an eh tun ter eh old self, wid eh forky tail, an eh claw, an eh batwing, an eh owl yez, an eh blow fire outer eh mout, an eh bun up eh wife, an him farruh, an him murrer, an him bredder, an de house, an ebry ting wuh day een um. 1 Dist Dist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 es e NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 guine guine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tek tek NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 8 gal gal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 tun tun NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 18 eh eh INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 23 eh eh ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 forky forky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 batwing batwing NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 38 yez yez X FW Foreign=Yes 37 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ _ 44 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 eh eh X FW _ 46 compound _ _ 46 mout mout NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 bun bun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 53 case _ _ 52 eh eh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 57 farruh farruh INTJ UH _ 56 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 compound _ _ 61 murrer murrer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 compound _ _ 65 bredder bredder NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 ebry ebry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 ting ting NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 74 wuh wuh INTJ UH _ 77 discourse _ _ 75 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 76 een een NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 75 flat _ _ 77 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | Dist es | eh mine | | | | eh *obl*; a him murrer and a him bredder and a de house and a ebry ting *obl*; eh guine tek and gal eh *nsubj* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mine=Patient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/8/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/8/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/8/)