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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzzard, sentence 47

"'Well, den, I'll settle yo' hash right now,' sez Brer Fox, sezee, en wid dat he grab Mr. Buzzard by de tail, he did, en make fer ter dash 'im 'gin de groun', but des 'bout dat time de tail fedders come out, en Mr. Buzzard sail off like one er dese yer berloons; en ez he riz, he holler back:

Who acts: den, Buzzard, en, des, tail fedders · What happens: settle, say, grab, do, make, time · To what, where: yo hash, Brer Fox, Buzzard, bout dat time · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzzard. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (den, Buzzard, en, des), 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

punctpunctdiscoursepunctnsubjpunctnsubjauxcsubjcompoundpunctobjadvmodadvmodpunctpunctcompoundobjpunctconjpunctcompoundcompoundconjnsubjparataxisnmod:descobjcasecompoundoblpunctnsubjparataxispunctnsubjccompamodcompoundcompoundpunctcompoundpunctccompcompoundappospunctccnsubjpunctcompoundcompoundparataxisflat:foreigncompoundnsubjacl:relcladvmodpunctconjnmod:desccompoundnmodcompound:prtcasenummodcompoundnmodnmod:possconjpunctnsubjcompoundnsubjparataxispunctnsubjapposadvmodpunctroot"PUNCT'PUNCTWellINTJ,PUNCTdenNOUN,PUNCTIPRON'llAUXsettleVERByoNOUN'PUNCThashNOUNrightADVnowADV,PUNCT'PUNCTsezVERBBrerPROPNFoxNOUN,PUNCTsezeeNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNwidNOUNdatNOUNhePRONgrabVERBMr.PROPNBuzzardPROPNbyADPdeXtailNOUN,PUNCThePRONdidVERB,PUNCTenNOUNmakeVERBferADJterNOUNdashNOUN'PUNCTimNOUN'PUNCTginNOUNdeXgrounNOUN',PUNCTbutCCONJdesNOUN'PUNCTboutNOUNdatNOUNtimeNOUNdeXtailNOUNfeddersNOUNcomeVERBoutADV,PUNCTenNOUNMr.PROPNBuzzardPROPNsailNOUNoffADPlikeADPoneNUMerNOUNdeseNOUNyerPRONberloonsNOUN;PUNCTenXezXhePRONrizNOUN,PUNCThePRONhollerNOUNbackADV:PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_9 settlepunct
2''PUNCT_5 denpunct
3WellwellINTJ_5 dendiscourse
4,,PUNCT_3 Wellpunct
5dendenNOUNNumber=Sing9 settlensubj
6,,PUNCT_5 denpunct
7IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs9 settlensubj
8'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin9 settleaux
9settlesettleVERBVerbForm=Inf17 sezcsubj
10yoyoNOUNNumber=Sing12 hashcompound
11''PUNCT_10 yopunct
12hashhashNOUNNumber=Sing9 settleobj
13rightrightADV_14 nowadvmod
14nownowADVPronType=Dem9 settleadvmod
15,,PUNCT_9 settlepunct
16''PUNCT_9 settlepunct
17sezsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
18BrerBrerPROPNNumber=Sing19 Foxcompound
19FoxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing17 sezobj
20,,PUNCT_21 sezeepunct
21sezeesezeeNOUNNumber=Sing19 Foxconj
22,,PUNCT_25 datpunct
23enenNOUNNumber=Sing24 widcompound
24widwidNOUNNumber=Sing25 datcompound
25datdatNOUNNumber=Sing19 Foxconj
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 grabnsubj
27grabgrabVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 sezparataxis
28Mr.Mr.PROPNNumber=Sing29 Buzzardnmod:desc
29BuzzardBuzzardPROPNNumber=Sing27 grabobj
30bybyADP_32 tailcase
31dedeXForeign=Yes32 tailcompound
32tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing27 grabobl
33,,PUNCT_35 didpunct
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 didnsubj
35diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 sezparataxis
36,,PUNCT_37 enpunct
37enenNOUNNumber=Sing38 makensubj
38makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin35 didccomp
39ferfADJDegree=Cmp45 ginamod
40terterNOUNNumber=Sing41 dashcompound
41dashdashNOUNNumber=Sing45 gincompound
42''PUNCT_43 impunct
43imimNOUNNumber=Sing45 gincompound
44''PUNCT_43 impunct
45ginginNOUNNumber=Sing38 makeccomp
46dedeXForeign=Yes47 grouncompound
47groungrounNOUNNumber=Sing45 ginappos
48',',PUNCT_47 grounpunct
49butbutCCONJ_50 descc
50desdesNOUNNumber=Sing54 timensubj
51''PUNCT_50 despunct
52boutboutNOUNNumber=Sing54 timecompound
53datdatNOUNNumber=Sing54 timecompound
54timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing45 ginparataxis
55dedeXForeign=Yes54 timeflat:foreign
56tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing57 fedderscompound
57feddersfedderNOUNNumber=Plur58 comensubj
58comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin54 timeacl:relcl
59outoutADV_58 comeadvmod
60,,PUNCT_61 enpunct
61enenNOUNNumber=Sing54 timeconj
62Mr.Mr.PROPNNumber=Sing63 Buzzardnmod:desc
63BuzzardBuzzardPROPNNumber=Sing64 sailcompound
64sailsailNOUNNumber=Sing61 ennmod
65offoffADP_64 sailcompound:prt
66likelikeADP_69 desecase
67oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card69 desenummod
68ererNOUNNumber=Sing69 desecompound
69desedeseNOUNNumber=Sing64 sailnmod
70yeryerPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs71 berloonsnmod:poss
71berloonsberloonNOUNNumber=Plur69 deseconj
72;;PUNCT_76 rizpunct
73enenXForeign=Yes76 riznsubj
74ezezX_76 rizcompound
75hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs76 riznsubj
76rizrizNOUNNumber=Sing17 sezparataxis
77,,PUNCT_79 hollerpunct
78hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs79 hollernsubj
79hollerhollerNOUNNumber=Sing76 rizappos
80backbackADV_79 holleradvmod
81::PUNCT_17 sezpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1settle in a quotefuturedenyo hashnowvn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hash=Location
2say speech: assert in a quotepresentBrer Fox and sezee and wid datvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fox=Topic
3grab in a quotepresentDenBuzzard Mr.by de tailvn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzzard=Theme
4do in a quotepastBuzzardtree rules
5make in a quotepresentenvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
6time in a quotedestree rules
7come out in a quotepresenttail feddersbout dat time and en Buzzard sail like one er dese and yer's berloons not said hereout propertyvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient time=Result
8riz in a quoteentree rules
9holler back speech: other in a quoteBuzzardtree 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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