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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VII. Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized, sentence 12

"Seein' um's better'n hearin' tell un um, replied the old man, the severity of his countenance relaxing somewhat; but the little boy darted out, and in a few minutes came running back with his pockets full and his hands full.

Who acts: countenance, little boy · What happens: tell, reply, relax, dart out, come, run back · To what, where: better'n hearin, old man · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (countenance, little boy), 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

punctnmod:posscasenmod:posscasecompoundoblpunctcompoundobjpunctccompdetamodobjpunctdetapposcasenmod:possnmodacladvmodpunctccdetamodnsubjconjcompound:prtpunctcccasedetamodoblconjadvcladvmodcasenmod:possoblamodccnmod:possnsubjconjpunctroot"PUNCTSeeinPROPN'PARTumNOUN'sPARTbetter'nNOUNhearinNOUN'PUNCTtellVERBunNOUNumNOUN,PUNCTrepliedVERBtheDEToldADJmanNOUN,PUNCTtheDETseverityNOUNofADPhisPRONcountenanceNOUNrelaxingVERBsomewhatADV;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETlittleADJboyNOUNdartedVERBoutADP,PUNCTandCCONJinADPaDETfewADJminutesNOUNcameVERBrunningVERBbackADVwithADPhisPRONpocketsNOUNfullADJandCCONJhisPRONhandsNOUNfullADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_7 hearinpunct
2SeeinSeeinPROPNNumber=Sing4 umnmod:poss
3''sPART_2 Seeincase
4umumNOUNNumber=Sing7 hearinnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 umcase
6better'nbetter'nNOUNNumber=Sing7 hearincompound
7hearinhearinNOUNNumber=Sing9 tellobl
8''PUNCT_7 hearinpunct
9telltellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
10ununNOUNNumber=Sing11 umcompound
11umumNOUNNumber=Sing9 tellobj
12,,PUNCT_13 repliedpunct
13repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 tellccomp
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 mandet
15oldoldADJDegree=Pos16 manamod
16manmanNOUNNumber=Sing13 repliedobj
17,,PUNCT_19 severitypunct
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 severitydet
19severityseverityNOUNNumber=Sing16 manappos
20ofofADP_22 countenancecase
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 countenancenmod:poss
22countenancecountenanceNOUNNumber=Sing19 severitynmod
23relaxingrelaxVERBVerbForm=Ger22 countenanceacl
24somewhatsomewhatADV_23 relaxingadvmod
25;;PUNCT_30 dartedpunct
26butbutCCONJ_30 dartedcc
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 boydet
28littlelittleADJDegree=Pos29 boyamod
29boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing30 dartednsubj
30darteddartVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 repliedconj
31outoutADP_30 dartedcompound:prt
32,,PUNCT_38 camepunct
33andandCCONJ_38 camecc
34ininADP_37 minutescase
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 minutesdet
36fewfewADJDegree=Pos37 minutesamod
37minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur38 cameobl
38camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 repliedconj
39runningrunVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part38 cameadvcl
40backbackADV_39 runningadvmod
41withwithADP_43 pocketscase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 pocketsnmod:poss
43pocketspocketNOUNNumber=Plur39 runningobl
44fullfullADJDegree=Pos43 pocketsamod
45andandCCONJ_48 fullcc
46hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 handsnmod:poss
47handshandNOUNNumber=Plur48 fullnsubj
48fullfullADJDegree=Pos44 fullconj
49..PUNCT_9 tellpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assert in a quotepresentSeein's um's better'n hearinvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent um=Recipient clause=Topic
2reply speech: assert in a quotepastthe old manvn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic
3relax in a quotegerundman's countenance not said heresomewhat propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4dart out in a quoteparticiplethe little boyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5come in a quotepastminutevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6run back in a quotegerundwith boy's pocketsvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with pocket=Material

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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