Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIII. Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear, sentence 11
He tuck'n ben' down a hick'ry saplin', growin' in de fence-cornder, en tie one een' un a plow- line on de top, en in de udder een' he fix a loop-knot, en dat he fasten wid a trigger right in de crack.
Who acts: Brer, tuck'n ben, loop knot · What happens: ben, tie, fix, fasten, wi · To what, where: one een, en, de udder een, en dat, trigger, de crack
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXIII. Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, tuck'n ben, loop knot), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ben | nsubj |
| 2 | tuck'n | tuck'n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ben | compound |
| 3 | ben | ben | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 tie | nsubj |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 ben | punct |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 saplin | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 saplin | det |
| 7 | hick'ry | hick'ry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saplin | compound |
| 8 | saplin | saplin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ben | nmod |
| 9 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 10 growin | punct |
| 10 | growin | growin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saplin | conj |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 growin | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 cornder | case |
| 13 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cornder | amod |
| 14 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cornder | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 fence | punct |
| 16 | cornder | cornder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 growin | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 en | punct |
| 18 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saplin | conj |
| 19 | tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 een | nummod |
| 21 | een | een | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 tie | obj |
| 22 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 een | punct |
| 23 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 een | conj |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 line | det |
| 25 | plow | plow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 line | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 plow | punct |
| 27 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 un | appos |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 top | case |
| 29 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 top | amod |
| 30 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 line | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 en | punct |
| 32 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 line | conj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 een | case |
| 34 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 een | amod |
| 35 | udder | udder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 een | compound |
| 36 | een | een | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fix | obl |
| 37 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 36 een | punct |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 fix | nsubj |
| 39 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 en | acl:relcl |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 knot | det |
| 41 | loop | loop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 knot | compound |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 loop | punct |
| 43 | knot | knot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wid | nsubj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 dat | punct |
| 45 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 dat | compound |
| 46 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wid | nsubj |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 fasten | nsubj |
| 48 | fasten | fasten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 dat | acl:relcl |
| 49 | wid | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 fix | ccomp |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 trigger | det |
| 51 | trigger | trigger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wid | obj |
| 52 | right | right | ADV | _ | 55 crack | advmod |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 crack | case |
| 54 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 crack | amod |
| 55 | crack | crack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 wid | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 tie | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ben | Brer | down a hick'ry saplin and growin in de fence cornder and en | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tie | present | tuck'n ben | one een and un | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent een=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fix | infinitive | Brer | en not said here | de udder een | tree rules | |||
| 4 | fasten | infinitive | Brer | en dat not said here | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dat=Patient | ||||
| 5 | wi | past | a loop knot | a trigger | de crack | 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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