Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, X. Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene, sentence 14
"W'en dey got in, Brer Tarrypin wuz so flat-footed dat he wuz too low on de flo', en he wern't high nuff in a cheer, but while dey wuz all scrambling' 'roun' tryin' fer ter git Brer Tarrypin a cheer, Brer Rabbit, he pick 'im up en put 'im on de shelf whar de water-bucket sot, en ole Brer Tarrypin, he lay back up dar, he did, des es proud ez a nigger wid a cook possum.
Who acts: W'en dey, Dey, roun, im en, en, nigger · What happens: get in, wuz, nuff, scramble, git, pick · To what, where: Brer wuz, flo en, cheer, dey, de shelf whar, cook possum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, X. Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (W'en dey, Dey, roun, im 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | W'en | W'en | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dey | compound |
| 3 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wuz | punct |
| 7 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 wuz | compound |
| 8 | Tarrypin | Tarrypin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Brer | flat |
| 9 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 low | advmod |
| 11 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 footed | amod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 flat | punct |
| 13 | footed | footed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 dat | amod |
| 14 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wuz | compound |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 wuz | nsubj |
| 16 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 low | nsubj |
| 17 | too | too | ADV | _ | 18 low | advmod |
| 18 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wuz | acl:relcl |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 en | case |
| 20 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 21 flo | compound |
| 21 | flo | flo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 en | compound |
| 22 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 21 flo | dep |
| 23 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 low | obl |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 nuff | nsubj |
| 25 | wer | wer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 nuff | compound |
| 26 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 high | advmod |
| 27 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 nuff | amod |
| 28 | nuff | nuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 en | acl:relcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 cheer | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 cheer | det |
| 31 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 nuff | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 wuz | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 wuz | cc |
| 34 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 35 dey | mark |
| 35 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 wuz | obl |
| 36 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | parataxis |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 wuz | obj |
| 38 | scrambling | scramble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 all | acl |
| 39 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 git | punct |
| 40 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 41 roun | punct |
| 41 | roun | roun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 git | nsubj |
| 42 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 43 tryin | punct |
| 43 | tryin | tryin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 roun | appos |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 43 tryin | punct |
| 45 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 47 git | amod |
| 46 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 git | compound |
| 47 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 scrambling | obj |
| 48 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 git | appos |
| 49 | Tarrypin | Tarrypin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Brer | flat |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 cheer | det |
| 51 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 git | appos |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 Rabbit | punct |
| 53 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Rabbit | compound |
| 54 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 cheer | appos |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 pick | punct |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 pick | nsubj |
| 57 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 cheer | conj |
| 58 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 59 im | punct |
| 59 | im | im | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 en | amod |
| 60 | up | up | ADP | _ | 59 im | compound:prt |
| 61 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 put | nsubj |
| 62 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 pick | parataxis |
| 63 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 64 im | punct |
| 64 | im | im | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 put | conj |
| 65 | on | on | ADP | _ | 68 whar | case |
| 66 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 whar | amod |
| 67 | shelf | shelf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 whar | compound |
| 68 | whar | whar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 im | obl |
| 69 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 73 sot | compound |
| 70 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 bucket | compound |
| 71 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 70 water | punct |
| 72 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 sot | compound |
| 73 | sot | sot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 whar | conj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 ole | punct |
| 75 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 ole | compound |
| 76 | ole | ole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 sot | appos |
| 77 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 ole | appos |
| 78 | Tarrypin | Tarrypin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 77 Brer | flat |
| 79 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 lay | punct |
| 80 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 81 lay | nsubj |
| 81 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 put | conj |
| 82 | back | back | ADV | _ | 81 lay | advmod |
| 83 | up | up | ADP | _ | 84 dar | case |
| 84 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 lay | obl |
| 85 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 87 did | punct |
| 86 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 87 did | nsubj |
| 87 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 81 lay | advcl |
| 88 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 91 proud | punct |
| 89 | des | des | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 90 es | det |
| 90 | es | e | NOUN | Number=Plur | 91 proud | nsubj |
| 91 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 87 did | conj |
| 92 | ez | ez | SCONJ | _ | 95 wid | mark |
| 93 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 94 nigger | det |
| 94 | nigger | nigger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 95 wid | nsubj |
| 95 | wid | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 91 proud | ccomp |
| 96 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 98 possum | det |
| 97 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 98 possum | compound |
| 98 | possum | possum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 95 wid | obj |
| 99 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in in a quote | past | W'en dey | Brer wuz | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | wuz in a quote | Dey | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | nuff in a quote | Dey | flo en not said here | a cheer | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | wuz in a quote | present | dey | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | scramble in a quote | gerund | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | git in a quote | roun | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | pick in a quote | infinitive | Dey | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | im up in a quote | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | put in a quote | past | im en | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | im in a quote | participle | im en not said here | de shelf whar and de bucket sot | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | lie back in a quote | past | en | up dar | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | do in a quote | past | en | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 13 | wi in a quote | past | a nigger | a cook possum | tree 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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