Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXX. How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust, sentence 20
"'I bin so useter ridin' hoss-back, ez deze ladies knows, dat I'm gittin' sorter tender-footed;' en dey don't hear much mo' fum Brer Fox dat day, kaze he 'member how Brer Rabbit done bin en rid him; en hit 'uz des 'bout much ez Miss Meadows en de gals could do fer ter keep der snickers fum gittin' up a 'sturbance 'mong de congregashun.
Who acts: en, ez deze ladies, dat, en dey, much mo, kaze · What happens: bin, know, be, not hear, fox, member · To what, where: gittin, kaze, des bout, ez Meadows en · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXX. How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (en, ez deze ladies, dat, en dey), 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 | _ | 4 bin | punct |
| 2 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 bin | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 bin | nsubj |
| 4 | bin | bin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 back | advmod |
| 6 | useter | useter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ridin | compound |
| 7 | ridin | ridin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hoss | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 ridin | case |
| 9 | hoss | hoss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 back | nsubj |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 back | punct |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 bin | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 knows | punct |
| 13 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ladies | amod |
| 14 | deze | deze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ladies | compound |
| 15 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 knows | nsubj |
| 16 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bin | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 dat | punct |
| 18 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 gittin | nsubj |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 gittin | nsubj |
| 20 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 gittin | cop |
| 21 | gittin | gittin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 knows | ccomp |
| 22 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 gittin | punct |
| 23 | sorter | sorter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 gittin | conj |
| 24 | tender | tender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 footed | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 tender | punct |
| 26 | footed | footed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 sorter | amod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 hear | punct |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 30 dey | punct |
| 29 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 dey | compound |
| 30 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 hear | nsubj |
| 31 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 hear | aux |
| 32 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 hear | advmod |
| 33 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 bin | conj |
| 34 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 mo | amod |
| 35 | mo | mo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Fox | nsubj |
| 36 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 fum | punct |
| 37 | fum | fum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Fox | compound |
| 38 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Fox | compound |
| 39 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 hear | ccomp |
| 40 | dat | that | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 day | det |
| 41 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 hear | obl:unmarked |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 member | punct |
| 43 | kaze | kaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 member | nsubj |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 member | nsubj |
| 45 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 member | punct |
| 46 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 hear | parataxis |
| 47 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 53 rid | advmod |
| 48 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 rid | nsubj |
| 49 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Brer | flat |
| 50 | done | done | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 en | amod |
| 51 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 en | compound |
| 52 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 Brer | list |
| 53 | rid | rid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 member | advcl |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 rid | obj |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 hit | punct |
| 56 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 hit | nsubj |
| 57 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bin | advcl |
| 58 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 60 des | punct |
| 59 | uz | uz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 des | compound |
| 60 | des | des | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 bout | compound |
| 61 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 60 des | punct |
| 62 | bout | bout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 hit | obj |
| 63 | much | much | ADV | _ | 64 ez | advmod |
| 64 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 en | amod |
| 65 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Meadows | compound |
| 66 | Meadows | Meadow | PROPN | Number=Plur | 67 en | compound |
| 67 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 hit | obj |
| 68 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 67 en | flat:foreign |
| 69 | gals | gal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 do | nsubj |
| 70 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 71 do | aux |
| 71 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 67 en | acl:relcl |
| 72 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 73 ter | amod |
| 73 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 keep | nsubj |
| 74 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 71 do | ccomp |
| 75 | der | d | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 76 snickers | amod |
| 76 | snickers | snicker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 fum | nsubj |
| 77 | fum | fum | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 74 keep | ccomp |
| 78 | gittin | gittin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 fum | obj |
| 79 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 78 gittin | punct |
| 80 | up | up | ADP | _ | 85 mong | case |
| 81 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 85 mong | det |
| 82 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 83 sturbance | punct |
| 83 | sturbance | sturbance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 mong | compound |
| 84 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 83 sturbance | punct |
| 85 | mong | mong | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 fum | obl |
| 86 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 87 congregashun | compound |
| 87 | congregashun | congregashun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 mong | conj |
| 88 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bin | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bin in a quote | present | en | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | ez deze ladies | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | dat | gittin and sorter | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not hear in a quote | present · do-support | en dey | day | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | fox in a quote | much mo | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | member in a quote | kaze | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | rid in a quote | past | Brer | kaze | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source | ||||
| 8 | hit in a quote | past | en | des bout | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent bout=Patient en=Result | ||||
| 9 | do in a quote | could | gals | ez Meadows en not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | keep in a quote | present | fer ter | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | fum in a quote | present | der snickers | gittin | up a sturbance mong and de congregashun | 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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