Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1, sentence 16
At de een' er one year de sperit er de blacksmif wuz to be his'n en endurin' er dat time de blacksmif mus' put in his hottes' licks in de intruss er de Bad Man, en den he put a spell on de cheer de blacksmif was settin' in, en on his sludge-hammer.
Who acts: er, Remus · What happens: wuz, his'n, put, man, be · To what, where: en endurin, de blacksmif mus, licks, spell, de cheer, blacksmif settin
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (er, Remus), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 een | case |
| 2 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 een | compound |
| 3 | een | een | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sperit | obl |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 een | punct |
| 5 | er | er | CCONJ | _ | 7 year | cc |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 year | nummod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sperit | compound |
| 8 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 year | flat:foreign |
| 9 | sperit | sperit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | er | er | X | Foreign=Yes | 13 wuz | nsubj |
| 11 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 er | flat:foreign |
| 12 | blacksmif | blacksmif | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wuz | compound |
| 13 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sperit | appos |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 his'n | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 his'n | aux:pass |
| 16 | his'n | his'n | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 wuz | acl:relcl |
| 17 | en | en | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 endurin | amod |
| 18 | endurin | endurin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 his'n | obj |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 endurin | punct |
| 20 | er | e | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 22 time | advmod |
| 21 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 time | compound |
| 22 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wuz | conj |
| 23 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 25 mus | compound |
| 24 | blacksmif | blacksmif | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 mus | compound |
| 25 | mus | mus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 time | appos |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 mus | punct |
| 27 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 mus | acl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 licks | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hottes | nmod:poss |
| 30 | hottes | hotte | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 licks | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 30 hottes | case |
| 32 | licks | lick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 put | obl |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 intruss | case |
| 34 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 35 intruss | compound |
| 35 | intruss | intruss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 licks | nmod |
| 36 | er | er | X | Foreign=Yes | 39 Man | nsubj |
| 37 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 39 Man | compound |
| 38 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Man | amod |
| 39 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 intruss | appos |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 den | punct |
| 41 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 den | compound |
| 42 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 Man | conj |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 put | nsubj |
| 44 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 Man | acl:relcl |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 spell | det |
| 46 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 put | obj |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 cheer | case |
| 48 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 49 cheer | compound |
| 49 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 put | obl |
| 50 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 51 blacksmif | compound |
| 51 | blacksmif | blacksmif | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 settin | compound |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 settin | cop |
| 53 | settin | settin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 put | obl |
| 54 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 settin | punct |
| 55 | in | in | ADV | _ | 44 put | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 en | punct |
| 57 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 intruss | conj |
| 58 | on | on | ADP | _ | 62 hammer | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 hammer | nmod:poss |
| 60 | sludge | sludge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 hammer | compound |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 sludge | punct |
| 62 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 en | nmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sperit | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wuz | er | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | his'n | to-infinitive · passive | en endurin | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | put | participle | de blacksmif mus not said here | Remus's hottes's licks in de intruss and en on Remus's sludge hammer | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in lick=Destination | ||||
| 4 | man | er | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | put | past | Remus | a spell | de cheer | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on cheer=Destination | |||
| 6 | is a | past | blacksmif settin | 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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