Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIII. the Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, sentence 3
Dar wuz Brer Wolf; stidder mindin' un his own bizness, he hatter take en go in pardnerships wid Brer Fox, en dey want skacely a minnit in de day dat he want atter Brer Rabbit, en he kep' on en kep' on twel fus' news you knowed he got kotch up wid--en he got kotch up wid monstus bad."
Who acts: Brer, Dar wuz, Brer Fox, hatter, news, wid · What happens: take, go, wi, want, kep, knowe · To what, where: en, pardnerships, minnit, twel fus, wid, wid monstus
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XIII. the Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, Dar wuz, Brer Fox, hatter), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dar | Dar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wuz | compound |
| 2 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 wid | nsubj |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wuz | appos |
| 4 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Brer | flat |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 mindin | punct |
| 6 | stidder | stidd | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 mindin | amod |
| 7 | mindin | mindin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wuz | conj |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 mindin | punct |
| 9 | un | un | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 mindin | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 bizness | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bizness | amod |
| 12 | bizness | bizness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 un | appos |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 take | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 take | nsubj |
| 15 | hatter | hatter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 take | nsubj |
| 16 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 mindin | parataxis |
| 17 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 take | obj |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 take | xcomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 pardnerships | case |
| 20 | pardnerships | pardnership | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 go | obl |
| 21 | wid | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Fox | compound |
| 23 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 want | nsubj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 dey | punct |
| 25 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 dey | compound |
| 26 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Fox | conj |
| 27 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 wid | ccomp |
| 28 | skacely | skacely | ADV | _ | 30 minnit | advmod |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 minnit | det |
| 30 | minnit | minnit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 want | obl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 dat | case |
| 32 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 dat | compound |
| 33 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 dat | compound |
| 34 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 minnit | nmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 want | nsubj |
| 36 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 want | parataxis |
| 37 | atter | atter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Brer | nmod:desc |
| 38 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 want | obj |
| 39 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Brer | flat |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 en | punct |
| 41 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Brer | appos |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 kep | nsubj |
| 43 | kep | kep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 41 en | acl:relcl |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 kep | punct |
| 45 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 en | case |
| 46 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 kep | obl |
| 47 | kep | kep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 43 kep | conj |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 kep | punct |
| 49 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 fus | case |
| 50 | twel | twel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fus | compound |
| 51 | fus | fus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 knowed | obl |
| 52 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 fus | punct |
| 53 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 knowed | nsubj |
| 54 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 knowed | nsubj |
| 55 | knowed | knowe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 kep | parataxis |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 got | nsubj |
| 57 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 knowed | ccomp |
| 58 | kotch | kotch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 got | xcomp |
| 59 | up | up | ADP | _ | 58 kotch | compound:prt |
| 60 | wid | wid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 kotch | obj |
| 61 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 62 en | punct |
| 62 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 wid | conj |
| 63 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 got | nsubj |
| 64 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 wid | acl:relcl |
| 65 | kotch | kotch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 got | xcomp |
| 66 | up | up | ADP | _ | 65 kotch | compound:prt |
| 67 | wid | wid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 monstus | amod |
| 68 | monstus | monstus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 kotch | obj |
| 69 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 monstus | amod |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 wid | punct |
| 71 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 wid | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | infinitive | Brer | en | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent en=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | Brer not said here | pardnerships | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pardnership=Location | ||||
| 3 | wi | past | Dar wuz and stidder mindin | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | want | present | Brer Fox and en dey | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 5 | want | present | hatter | a minnit in de day dat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot brer=Theme | ||||
| 6 | kep | present | hatter | en not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | kep | present | hatter not said here | en | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | knowe | past | news | twel fus | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | get | past | news | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 10 | kotch up | infinitive | news not said here | wid and en | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | get | past | news | wid and en not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | kotch up | infinitive | wid and en not said here | wid monstus | 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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