Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 28

Brer Fox make a great 'miration, he did, 'bout de fix w'at he fin' Brer Rabbit in, but Brer Rabbit he make like he fit ter kill hisse'f laffin', en he up'n tell Brer Fox, he did, dat Miss Meadows's fokes want 'im ter go down ter der house in 'tennunce on a weddin', en he 'low w'ich he couldn't, en dey 'low how he could, en den bimeby dey take'n tie 'im dar w'iles dey go atter de preacher, so he be dar' w'en dey come back.

Who acts: Brer Fox, Fox, Brer Rabbit, ter, fokes, im ter · What happens: make, do, ', fin, fit, kill · To what, where: great miration, bout, Brer Rabbit, laffin en, Brer Fox, im ter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer Fox, Fox, Brer Rabbit, ter), 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	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Fox	compound
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 miration	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 miration	amod
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 miration	punct
7	miration	miration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 make	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 '	punct
12	'	'	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	conj
13	bout	bout	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 '	obj
14	de	de	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 w'at	amod
15	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 w'at	compound
16	w'at	w'at	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 '	obj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fin	nsubj
18	fin	fin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 w'at	conj
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	21 Rabbit	punct
20	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Rabbit	compound
21	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 fin	nmod
22	in	in	ADV	_	21 Rabbit	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 make	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 make	cc
25	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Rabbit	compound
26	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 make	nsubj
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 make	nsubj
28	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 make	conj
29	like	like	SCONJ	_	31 fit	mark
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 fit	nsubj
31	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 make	advcl
32	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 kill	nsubj
33	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 fit	ccomp
34	hisse'f	hisse'f	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 laffin	compound
35	laffin	laffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 en	compound
36	',	',	PART	_	35 laffin	dep
37	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 kill	obj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 tell	nsubj
39	up'n	up'n	CCONJ	_	40 tell	cc
40	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 en	acl:relcl
41	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Fox	compound
42	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 tell	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 did	punct
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 did	nsubj
45	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 fit	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 dat	punct
47	dat	dat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 make	conj
48	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Meadows	compound
49	Meadows	Meadows	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 fokes	nmod:poss
50	's	's	PART	_	49 Meadows	case
51	fokes	foke	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 want	nsubj
52	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 dat	ccomp
53	'	'	PUNCT	_	55 ter	punct
54	im	im	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 ter	amod
55	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 want	obj
56	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 want	xcomp
57	down	down	ADV	_	56 go	advmod
58	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 house	compound
59	der	d	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	60 house	amod
60	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 go	obl
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 tennunce	case
62	'	'	PUNCT	_	63 tennunce	punct
63	tennunce	tennunce	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 go	obl
64	on	on	ADP	_	68 en	case
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 weddin	det
66	weddin	weddin	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 en	compound
67	',	',	PART	_	66 weddin	dep
68	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 go	obl
69	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 w'ich	nsubj
70	'	'	PUNCT	_	72 w'ich	punct
71	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 w'ich	amod
72	w'ich	w'ich	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 en	nmod
73	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 could	nsubj
74	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 w'ich	acl:relcl
75	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	74 could	advmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 dey	punct
77	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 dey	compound
78	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 w'ich	conj
79	'	'	PUNCT	_	78 dey	punct
80	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 dey	amod
81	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	83 could	advmod
82	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 could	nsubj
83	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 low	advcl
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 en	punct
85	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 w'ich	conj
86	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 bimeby	compound
87	bimeby	bimeby	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 dey	compound
88	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 take'n	compound
89	take'n	take'n	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 tie	compound
90	tie	tie	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 en	conj
91	'	'	PUNCT	_	92 im	punct
92	im	im	X	Foreign=Yes	95 dey	dep
93	dar	dar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 w'iles	amod
94	w'iles	w'ile	NOUN	Number=Plur	95 dey	compound
95	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 tie	conj
96	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 go	conj
97	atter	atter	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 go	obj
98	de	de	ADP	_	99 preacher	case
99	preacher	preacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 go	obl
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 dar	punct
101	so	so	ADV	_	104 dar	advmod
102	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	104 dar	nsubj
103	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	104 dar	cop
104	dar	dar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 come	nsubj
105	'	'	PUNCT	_	104 dar	punct
106	w'en	w'en	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	107 dey	nummod
107	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 come	nsubj
108	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 make	parataxis
109	back	back	ADV	_	108 come	advmod
110	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Brer Fox	a great miration			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miration=Product
2	do	past	Fox				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	'	infinitive	Brer Fox not said here	bout			tree rules
4	fin		Fox	Brer Rabbit			tree rules
5	make	present	Brer Rabbit				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	fit	past	Fox				tree rules
7	kill	present	ter	laffin en			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Theme
8	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Fox	laffin en not said here	Brer Fox		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient
9	do	past	Fox				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	dat	infinitive	Brer Rabbit not said here				tree rules
11	want	present	Miss Meadows's fokes	im ter			tree rules
12	go down not said to happen	infinitive	im ter not said here	ter der house		on weddin en; in tennunce; down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in tennunce=Attribute
13	w'ich		Fox				tree rules
14	go	infinitive	im ter not said here	atter		de preacher	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location atter=Theme
15	is	infinitive	Fox			dar property	tree rules
16	come back	present	dar				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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