Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIII. the Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, sentence 63
"Den Brer Rabbit call in his neighbors, he did, en dey hilt a reg'lar juberlee; en ef you go ter Brer Rabbit's house right now, I dunno but w'at you'll fine Brer Wolfs hide hangin' in de back- po'ch, en all bekaze he wuz so bizzy wid udder fo'kses doin's."
Who acts: Den, you, Brer Wolfs, bekaze, bizzy wid udder · What happens: do, go, hide, wuz, fo'ks · To what, where: dey hilt, en ef, hangin, de po'ch, doin
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 (Den, you, Brer Wolfs, bekaze), 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 | _ | 2 Den | punct |
| 2 | Den | Den | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 did | nsubj |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Den | flat |
| 4 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | compound |
| 5 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Den | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 neighbors | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 neighbors | nmod:poss |
| 8 | neighbors | neighbor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 call | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Den | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 did | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hilt | punct |
| 13 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 dey | compound |
| 14 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hilt | compound |
| 15 | hilt | hilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 did | obj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 juberlee | det |
| 17 | reg'lar | reg'lar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 juberlee | amod |
| 18 | juberlee | juberlee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hilt | appos |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 ef | punct |
| 20 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ef | compound |
| 21 | ef | ef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 did | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 go | nsubj |
| 23 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 ef | acl:relcl |
| 24 | ter | ter | ADP | _ | 28 house | case |
| 25 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Rabbit | compound |
| 26 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 house | nmod:poss |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 Rabbit | case |
| 28 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 go | obl |
| 29 | right | right | ADV | _ | 30 now | advmod |
| 30 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 go | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 dunno | punct |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 dunno | nsubj |
| 33 | dunno | dunno | ADV | _ | 11 did | conj |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 w'at | cc |
| 35 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 dunno | conj |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 fine | nsubj |
| 37 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 fine | aux |
| 38 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 w'at | acl |
| 39 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Wolfs | compound |
| 40 | Wolfs | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Plur | 41 hide | nsubj |
| 41 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 fine | parataxis |
| 42 | hangin | hangin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 hide | obj |
| 43 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 42 hangin | punct |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 po'ch | case |
| 45 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 48 po'ch | compound |
| 46 | back | back | ADV | _ | 48 po'ch | advmod |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 back | punct |
| 48 | po'ch | po'ch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 hide | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 en | punct |
| 50 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 po'ch | conj |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 52 bekaze | det |
| 52 | bekaze | bekaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 wuz | nsubj |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 wuz | nsubj |
| 54 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 en | conj |
| 55 | so | so | ADV | _ | 56 bizzy | advmod |
| 56 | bizzy | bizzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 udder | amod |
| 57 | wid | wid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 udder | amod |
| 58 | udder | udder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 fo'kses | nsubj |
| 59 | fo'kses | fo'ks | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 wuz | acl:relcl |
| 60 | doin | doin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 fo'kses | obj |
| 61 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 60 doin | case |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 did | punct |
| 63 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | past | Den | dey hilt | en ef obl:unmarked | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hilt=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | go in a quote | present | you | en ef not said here | now | ter Brer Rabbit's house | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ef=Theme | ||
| 3 | hide in a quote | present | Brer Wolfs | hangin | de po'ch and en and wuz | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hangin=Patient in po'ch=Location | |||
| 4 | wuz in a quote | all bekaze | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | fo'ks in a quote | present | bizzy wid udder | doin | 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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