Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXV. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail, sentence 10
Yer one un um now, en he done come en excuse me er 'lowin dat rabbits is got long, bushy tails, w'ich goodness knows ef I'd a dremp' it, I'd a whirl in en on-dremp it."
Who acts: Yer, des, w'ich goodness · What happens: un, do, come, excuse, get, know · To what, where: en, me, long bushy tails, ef
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXV. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yer, des, w'ich goodness), 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 | Yer | yer | PRON | Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 un | nsubj |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 un | nummod |
| 3 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 got | parataxis |
| 4 | um | um | ADV | _ | 5 now | advmod |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 un | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 en | punct |
| 7 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 un | conj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 done | nsubj |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 en | acl:relcl |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 done | xcomp |
| 11 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 come | obj |
| 12 | excuse | excuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 come | xcomp |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 excuse | obj |
| 14 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 excuse | obj |
| 15 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 rabbits | punct |
| 16 | lowin | lowin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dat | compound |
| 17 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rabbits | compound |
| 18 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 er | conj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 got | aux:pass |
| 20 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 21 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 tails | amod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 long | punct |
| 23 | bushy | bushy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 tails | amod |
| 24 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 got | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 knows | punct |
| 26 | w'ich | w'ich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 goodness | compound |
| 27 | goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 knows | nsubj |
| 28 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 got | conj |
| 29 | ef | ef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 knows | obj |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 'd | nsubj |
| 31 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 knows | ccomp |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 dremp | det |
| 33 | dremp | dremp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 'd | obj |
| 34 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 33 dremp | punct |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 'd | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 'd | punct |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 'd | nsubj |
| 38 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 got | conj |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 whirl | det |
| 40 | whirl | whirl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 'd | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 en | case |
| 42 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 'd | obl |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 dremp | case |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 on | punct |
| 45 | dremp | dremp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 en | nmod |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 'd | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 got | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | un | Yer | now | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | past | des | en not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come | infinitive | des not said here | en | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | excuse | infinitive | des not said here | me | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | get | present · passive | long bushy tails | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: tail=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | know | present | w'ich goodness | ef | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ef=Stimulus |
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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