--- title: Wen Buh Rabbit keep on bague de Cunjur Man fuh gie um mo sense, de C… — Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Wen Buh Rabbit keep on bague de Cunjur Man fuh gie um mo sense, de Cunjur Man answer: “You go fetch me er swarm er Yaller Jacket, an wen you bring um ter me, me prommus you teh gie you all de sense you want.” Who acts: Wen, You, me prommus. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wen, You, me prommus), 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:pg76586:9:119 # text = Wen Buh Rabbit keep on bague de Cunjur Man fuh gie um mo sense, de Cunjur Man answer: “You go fetch me er swarm er Yaller Jacket, an wen you bring um ter me, me prommus you teh gie you all de sense you want.” 1 Wen Wen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Buh Buh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 bague bague NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 Cunjur Cunjur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 10 fuh fuh INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 11 gie gie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 um um NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 17 Cunjur Cunjur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 er er PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 er er ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 Yaller Yaller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Jacket Jacket PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wen wen NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 um um ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 ter ter ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 compound _ _ 41 prommus prommus NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 teh teh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 gie gie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 47 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Wen | | | bague | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gie** | infinitive | Wen *not said here* | um mo sense and de Man answer | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | You *not said here* | er's swarm | Man rale suprise *= suprise* | | | er Yaller Jacket | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary swarm=Theme | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | you | a wen *not said here* | | | | ter Man rale suprise *= suprise* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wen=Theme | | 6 | **teh** *in a quote* | present | you | me prommus *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **gie** *in a quote* | present | me prommus | you | | | | all de sense *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | all de sense *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sense=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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/9/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/9/120/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/9/)