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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VII. Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized, sentence 1

WHEN "Miss Sally's" little boy went to Uncle Remus the next night to hear the conclusion of the adventure in which the Rabbit made a riding-horse of the Fox to the great enjoyment and gratification of Miss Meadows and the girls, he found the old man in a bad humor.

Who acts: little boy, Rabbit · What happens: go, hear, make, find, conclude, gratify · To what, where: Uncle Remus, conclusion, riding horse, adventure, old man, bad humor

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VII. Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little boy, Rabbit), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

advmodpunctcompoundnmod:posscasepunctamodnsubjadvclcasecompoundobldetamodobl:unmarkedmarkadvcldetobjcasedetnmodcaseobldetnsubjacl:relcldetcompoundpunctobjcasedetnmodcasedetamodoblccconjcasecompoundnmodccdetconjpunctnsubjdetamodobjcasedetamodnmodpunctrootWHENADV"PUNCTMissPROPNSallyPROPN'sPART"PUNCTlittleADJboyNOUNwentVERBtoADPUnclePROPNRemusPROPNtheDETnextADJnightNOUNtoPARThearVERBtheDETconclusionNOUNofADPtheDETadventureNOUNinADPwhichPRONtheDETRabbitNOUNmadeVERBaDETridingNOUN-PUNCThorseNOUNofADPtheDETFoxNOUNtoADPtheDETgreatADJenjoymentNOUNandCCONJgratificationNOUNofADPMissPROPNMeadowsPROPNandCCONJtheDETgirlsNOUN,PUNCThePRONfoundVERBtheDEToldADJmanNOUNinADPaDETbadADJhumorNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WHENwhenADVPronType=Int9 wentadvmod
2""PUNCT_9 wentpunct
3MissMissPROPNNumber=Sing4 Sallycompound
4SallySallyPROPNNumber=Sing8 boynmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Sallycase
6""PUNCT_8 boypunct
7littlelittleADJDegree=Pos8 boyamod
8boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing9 wentnsubj
9wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 foundadvcl
10totoADP_12 Remuscase
11UncleUnclePROPNNumber=Sing12 Remuscompound
12RemusRemusPROPNNumber=Sing9 wentobl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 nightdet
14nextnextADJDegree=Pos15 nightamod
15nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing9 wentobl:unmarked
16totoPART_17 hearmark
17hearhearVERBVerbForm=Inf9 wentadvcl
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 conclusiondet
19conclusionconclusionNOUNNumber=Sing17 hearobj
20ofofADP_22 adventurecase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 adventuredet
22adventureadventureNOUNNumber=Sing19 conclusionnmod
23ininADP_24 whichcase
24whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel27 madeobl
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 Rabbitdet
26RabbitrabbitNOUNNumber=Sing27 madensubj
27mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 adventureacl:relcl
28aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art31 horsedet
29ridingridingNOUNNumber=Sing31 horsecompound
30--PUNCT_29 ridingpunct
31horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing27 madeobj
32ofofADP_34 Foxcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 Foxdet
34FoxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing31 horsenmod
35totoADP_38 enjoymentcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 enjoymentdet
37greatgreatADJDegree=Pos38 enjoymentamod
38enjoymentenjoymentNOUNNumber=Sing27 madeobl
39andandCCONJ_40 gratificationcc
40gratificationgratificationNOUNNumber=Sing38 enjoymentconj
41ofofADP_43 Meadowscase
42MissMissPROPNNumber=Sing43 Meadowscompound
43MeadowsMeadowPROPNNumber=Plur40 gratificationnmod
44andandCCONJ_46 girlscc
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 girlsdet
46girlsgirlNOUNNumber=Plur38 enjoymentconj
47,,PUNCT_9 wentpunct
48hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 foundnsubj
49foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 mandet
51oldoldADJDegree=Pos52 manamod
52manmanNOUNNumber=Sing49 foundobj
53ininADP_56 humorcase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 humordet
55badbadADJDegree=Pos56 humoramod
56humorhumorNOUNNumber=Sing52 mannmod
57..PUNCT_49 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopastMiss Sally's little boyUncle Remusnightvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to remus=Initial_Location
2hearto-infinitiveMiss Sally's little boy not said herethe conclusion of the adventurevn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer conclusion=Stimulus
3makepastthe Rabbita riding horse of the Foxthe adventureto the great enjoyment and gratification of Miss Meadows and the girlsvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Product
4findpastRabbitthe old mana bad humorvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic
5concludethe adventurenom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient
6gratifyMiss Meadowsnom gratification «state transitive»: of=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: «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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