Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, IX. Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit, sentence 43
Anyhow hit wuz endurin' er de night, en atter she git loose she sorter graze 'roun', she did, fer ter jestify 'er stummuck she low'd, ole Miss Cow did, dat Brer Rabbit be hoppin' long dat way fer ter see how she gittin' on, en she tuck'n lay er trap fer 'im; en des 'bout sunrise w'at'd ole Miss Cow do but march up ter de 'simmon tree en stick er horn back in de hole?
Who acts: en atter, atter, way, en · What happens: hit, loose, do, jestify, dat, be · To what, where: wuz endurin, git, sorter graze, fer er stummuck, Rabbit hoppin, she gittin
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, IX. Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (en atter, atter, way, en), 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 | Anyhow | anyhow | INTJ | _ | 2 hit | discourse |
| 2 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 endurin | compound |
| 4 | endurin | endurin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hit | obj |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 endurin | punct |
| 6 | er | er | X | _ | 8 night | compound |
| 7 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 er | flat:foreign |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hit | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 loose | punct |
| 10 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 atter | compound |
| 11 | atter | atter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 loose | nsubj |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 loose | nsubj |
| 13 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 loose | nsubj |
| 14 | loose | loose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hit | conj |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 loose | obj |
| 16 | sorter | sorter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 graze | compound |
| 17 | graze | graze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 loose | obj |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 roun | punct |
| 19 | roun | roun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 graze | appos |
| 20 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 19 roun | punct |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 did | nsubj |
| 22 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 graze | acl:relcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fer | punct |
| 24 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 stummuck | amod |
| 25 | ter | ter | X | Foreign=Yes | 26 jestify | dep |
| 26 | jestify | jestify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 fer | xcomp |
| 27 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 fer | punct |
| 28 | er | er | X | _ | 29 stummuck | compound |
| 29 | stummuck | stummuck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 loose | obl |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 dat | nsubj |
| 31 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 dat | advmod |
| 32 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 31 low | punct |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 did | punct |
| 34 | ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 Cow | amod |
| 35 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Cow | compound |
| 36 | Cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 did | nsubj |
| 37 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 dat | aux |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 dat | punct |
| 39 | dat | dat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 stummuck | acl:relcl |
| 40 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Rabbit | compound |
| 41 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 hoppin | compound |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 hoppin | cop |
| 43 | hoppin | hoppin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 dat | obj |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 43 hoppin | punct |
| 45 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 50 see | advmod |
| 46 | dat | that | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 way | det |
| 47 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 see | nsubj |
| 48 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 49 ter | amod |
| 49 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 see | compound |
| 50 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 dat | conj |
| 51 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 53 gittin | advmod |
| 52 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 gittin | compound |
| 53 | gittin | gittin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 see | obl |
| 54 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 gittin | punct |
| 55 | on | on | ADV | _ | 50 see | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 en | punct |
| 57 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 lay | nsubj |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 lay | nsubj |
| 59 | tuck'n | tuck'n | CCONJ | _ | 60 lay | cc |
| 60 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 see | parataxis |
| 61 | er | er | PART | _ | 60 lay | xcomp |
| 62 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 fer | compound |
| 63 | fer | fer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 er | appos |
| 64 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 65 im | punct |
| 65 | im | im | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 fer | conj |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 73 'd | punct |
| 67 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 des | compound |
| 68 | des | des | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 w'at | compound |
| 69 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 68 des | punct |
| 70 | bout | bout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 sunrise | compound |
| 71 | sunrise | sunrise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 w'at | compound |
| 72 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 'd | nsubj |
| 73 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 lay | advcl |
| 74 | ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 do | amod |
| 75 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 77 do | compound |
| 76 | Cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 do | compound |
| 77 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 'd | obj |
| 78 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 79 march | cc |
| 79 | march | march | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 lay | conj |
| 80 | up | up | ADP | _ | 79 march | compound:prt |
| 81 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 de | compound |
| 82 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 march | obj |
| 83 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 89 horn | punct |
| 84 | simmon | simmon | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 89 horn | amod |
| 85 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 en | compound |
| 86 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 87 stick | compound |
| 87 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 88 er | compound |
| 88 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 horn | compound |
| 89 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 march | obl |
| 90 | back | back | ADV | _ | 89 horn | advmod |
| 91 | in | in | ADP | _ | 93 hole | case |
| 92 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 93 hole | compound |
| 93 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 89 horn | nmod |
| 94 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 hit | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | past | wuz endurin | night | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme endurin=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | loose | past | en atter | git | fer er stummuck obl | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | past | atter | sorter graze not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent graze=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | jestify | infinitive | en atter not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | dat | past · do-support | atter | fer er stummuck not said here | low property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | is a | infinitive | Rabbit hoppin | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | see | infinitive | that way | she gittin | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 8 | lay | infinitive | en | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | march up | infinitive | en not said here | ter de | simmon er horn in de hole obl | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme de=Trajectory |
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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