Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, Dear Frost:, sentence 119
Only in this shape, and with all the local allusions, would it be possible to adequately represent the shrewd observations, the curious retorts, the homely thrusts, the quaint comments, and the humorous philosophy of the race of which Uncle Remus is the type.
Who acts: it, humorous philosophy · What happens: be, represent · To what, where: shrewd observations, type
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Dear Frost:. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, humorous philosophy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 shape | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 shape | case |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 shape | det |
| 4 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 allusions | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 allusions | cc |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 allusions | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 allusions | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 allusions | det |
| 10 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 allusions | amod |
| 11 | allusions | allusion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shape | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 possible | punct |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 possible | aux |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 possible | nsubj |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 possible | cop |
| 16 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 allusions | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 represent | mark |
| 18 | adequately | adequately | ADV | _ | 19 represent | advmod |
| 19 | represent | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 possible | csubj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 observations | det |
| 21 | shrewd | shrewd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 observations | amod |
| 22 | observations | observation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 represent | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 retorts | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 retorts | det |
| 25 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 retorts | amod |
| 26 | retorts | retort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 observations | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 thrusts | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 thrusts | det |
| 29 | homely | homely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 thrusts | amod |
| 30 | thrusts | thrust | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 observations | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 comments | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 comments | det |
| 33 | quaint | quaint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 comments | amod |
| 34 | comments | comment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 thrusts | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 type | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 type | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 philosophy | det |
| 38 | humorous | humorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 philosophy | amod |
| 39 | philosophy | philosophy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 type | nsubj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 race | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 race | det |
| 42 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 type | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 which | case |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 type | obl |
| 45 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Remus | compound |
| 46 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 type | nsubj |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 type | cop |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 type | det |
| 49 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 allusions | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shape | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | it | possible property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | represent | to-infinitive | the shrewd observations and the curious retorts and the homely thrusts and the quaint comments | adequately property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot observation=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the humorous philosophy | the type | of the race; of all local allusions and the type | tree rules |
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: «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Project Gutenberg book 2306 (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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