Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 38
"'Bimeby," continued the old man, "de switches, dey got frazzle out, en Mr. Man, he put out atter mo', en w'en he done got fa'rly outer yearin', Brer Rabbit, he show'd up, he did, kaze he des bin hidin' out in de bushes lis'nin' at de racket, en he 'low hit mighty funny dat Miss Meadows ain't come 'long, kaze he done bin down ter de doctor house, en dat's fudder dan de preacher, yit.
Who acts: Bimeby, dey, en, kaze, mighty funny dat Miss Meadows · What happens: continue, get out, put out, do, get, show · To what, where: old man, frazzle, mo en w'en, outer yearin, hidin, de bushes · 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 (Bimeby, dey, en, kaze), 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 | _ | 6 continued | punct |
| 2 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 Bimeby | punct |
| 3 | Bimeby | Bimeby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 continued | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Bimeby | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Bimeby | punct |
| 6 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 continued | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 switches | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 switches | punct |
| 12 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 switches | compound |
| 13 | switches | switch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 man | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 got | punct |
| 15 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | nsubj |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 continued | conj |
| 17 | frazzle | frazzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obj |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 got | compound:prt |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Man | punct |
| 20 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Man | nsubj |
| 21 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Man | nmod:desc |
| 22 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 put | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 put | nsubj |
| 25 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 continued | conj |
| 26 | out | out | ADP | _ | 25 put | compound:prt |
| 27 | atter | atter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 mo | compound |
| 28 | mo | mo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 w'en | compound |
| 29 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 28 mo | dep |
| 30 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 w'en | compound |
| 31 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 put | obj |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 done | nsubj |
| 33 | done | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 w'en | acl:relcl |
| 34 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 continued | conj |
| 35 | fa'rly | fa'rly | ADV | _ | 36 outer | advmod |
| 36 | outer | outer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 yearin | amod |
| 37 | yearin | yearin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 got | obj |
| 38 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 37 yearin | dep |
| 39 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Rabbit | compound |
| 40 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 yearin | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 show | punct |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 show | nsubj |
| 43 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 continued | parataxis |
| 44 | 'd | ' | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 show | ccomp |
| 45 | up | up | ADP | _ | 44 'd | compound:prt |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 did | punct |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 did | nsubj |
| 48 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 continued | conj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 kaze | punct |
| 50 | kaze | kaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 des | nsubj |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 des | nsubj |
| 52 | des | de | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 did | ccomp |
| 53 | bin | bin | ADP | _ | 52 des | compound:prt |
| 54 | hidin | hidin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 des | obj |
| 55 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 54 hidin | case |
| 56 | out | out | ADP | _ | 52 des | compound:prt |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 bushes | case |
| 58 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 bushes | compound |
| 59 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 des | obl |
| 60 | lis'nin | lis'nin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 bushes | appos |
| 61 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 60 lis'nin | punct |
| 62 | at | at | ADP | _ | 64 racket | case |
| 63 | de | de | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 racket | det |
| 64 | racket | racket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 lis'nin | nmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 en | punct |
| 66 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 lis'nin | conj |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 hit | nsubj |
| 68 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 70 hit | punct |
| 69 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 hit | nsubj |
| 70 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 en | acl:relcl |
| 71 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 Meadows | amod |
| 72 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 Meadows | amod |
| 73 | dat | dat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 Meadows | amod |
| 74 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 75 Meadows | compound |
| 75 | Meadows | meadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 78 come | nsubj |
| 76 | ai | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 78 come | aux |
| 77 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 78 come | advmod |
| 78 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 hit | ccomp |
| 79 | ' | ' | ADV | _ | 80 long | advmod |
| 80 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 78 come | advmod |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 kaze | punct |
| 82 | kaze | kaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 lis'nin | conj |
| 83 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 84 done | nsubj |
| 84 | done | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 82 kaze | acl:relcl |
| 85 | bin | bin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 84 done | xcomp |
| 86 | down | down | ADP | _ | 85 bin | compound:prt |
| 87 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 90 house | compound |
| 88 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 87 ter | flat:foreign |
| 89 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 90 house | compound |
| 90 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 bin | obl |
| 91 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 96 dan | punct |
| 92 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 93 dat | compound |
| 93 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 dan | nmod:poss |
| 94 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 93 dat | case |
| 95 | fudder | fudder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 dan | compound |
| 96 | dan | dan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 90 house | nmod |
| 97 | de | de | ADP | _ | 98 preacher | case |
| 98 | preacher | preacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 96 dan | nmod |
| 99 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 100 yit | punct |
| 100 | yit | yit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 90 house | conj |
| 101 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | past | Bimeby | the old man and de switches | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get out in a quote | past | dey | frazzle | Man Mr. obl | tree rules | |||
| 3 | put out in a quote | past | en | mo en w'en | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent w'en=Goal | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | en | mo en w'en not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent w'en=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | get in a quote | past | Bimeby not said here | outer yearin | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yearin=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | show in a quote | present | en | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | ' up in a quote | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | do in a quote | past | en | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | de bin in a quote | present | kaze | hidin | de bushes | tree rules | |||
| 10 | hit in a quote | past | en | en not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | not come in a quote | present | mighty funny dat Miss Meadows | long property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 12 | do in a quote | past | en | kaze not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | bin down in a quote | infinitive | en not said here | ter doctor house en dat's fudder dan de preacher and yit | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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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