Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, IX. Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit, sentence 5

He went gallopin' 'long, he did, but he feel mighty fired out, en stiff in his jints, en he wuz mighty nigh dead for sumpin fer ter drink, en bimeby, w'en he got mos' home, he spied ole Miss Cow feedin' roun' in a fiel', he did, en he 'termin' fer ter try his han' wid 'er.

Who acts: ez · What happens: go, do, feel, fire out, wuz, get · To what, where: jints, home, ole Miss Cow feedin, fiel, termin

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 (ez), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gallopin	gallopin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 gallopin	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 feel	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 feel	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 feel	nsubj
13	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	parataxis
14	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fired	amod
15	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 feel	xcomp
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 fired	compound:prt
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 en	punct
18	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 feel	parataxis
19	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 en	amod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 jints	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 jints	nmod:poss
22	jints	jint	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 stiff	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 en	punct
24	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 jints	conj
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 wuz	nsubj
26	wuz	wuz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 jints	acl:relcl
27	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 wuz	xcomp
28	nigh	nigh	ADV	_	29 dead	advmod
29	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 mighty	conj
30	for	for	ADP	_	31 sumpin	case
31	sumpin	sumpin	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 mighty	obl
32	fer	f	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 drink	amod
33	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 drink	compound
34	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 sumpin	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 bimeby	punct
36	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 bimeby	compound
37	bimeby	bimeby	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 drink	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 w'en	punct
39	w'en	w'en	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 drink	conj
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 got	nsubj
41	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 w'en	acl:relcl
42	mos	mo	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 home	nmod:poss
43	'	's	PART	_	42 mos	case
44	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 got	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 spied	punct
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 spied	nsubj
47	spied	spy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
48	ole	ole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 feedin	amod
49	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 feedin	compound
50	Cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 feedin	compound
51	feedin	feedin	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 spied	obj
52	'	'	PUNCT	_	53 roun	punct
53	roun	roun	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 feedin	appos
54	'	'	PUNCT	_	53 roun	punct
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 fiel	case
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 fiel	det
57	fiel	fiel	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 spied	obl
58	',	',	PART	_	57 fiel	dep
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 did	nsubj
60	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 fiel	acl:relcl
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 en	punct
62	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 fiel	conj
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 try	nsubj
64	'	'	PUNCT	_	65 termin	punct
65	termin	termin	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 try	obl
66	'	'	PUNCT	_	65 termin	punct
67	fer	f	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	68 ter	amod
68	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 try	nsubj
69	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	62 en	acl:relcl
70	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 han	nmod:poss
71	han	han	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 try	obj
72	'	'	PUNCT	_	73 wid	punct
73	wid	wid	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 han	appos
74	'	'	PUNCT	_	73 wid	punct
75	er	er	INTJ	_	71 han	discourse
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	ez			gallopin, long property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	ez				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	feel	infinitive	ez				vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	fire out	participle	ez not said here				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	wuz	present	ez	ez's jints and en not said here		mighty property	tree rules
6	get	past	ez	mos's home			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus
7	spy	past	ez	ole Miss Cow feedin	a fiel and en		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feedin=Stimulus
8	do	past	ez	a fiel and en not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiel=Eventuality
9	try	present	ez	termin			vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent han=Eventuality

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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