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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1, sentence 17

De man w'at sot in de cheer couldn't git up less'n de blacksmif let 'im, en de man w'at pick up de sludge 'ud hatter keep on knockin' wid it twel de blacksmif say quit; en den he gun 'im money plenty, en off he put.

Who acts: De w'at sot, de sludge, twel, sot · What happens: not git up, let, pick up, keep, wi, say · To what, where: less'n blacksmif, im, knockin, quit, en · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (De w'at sot, de sludge, twel, sot), 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

compoundcompoundcompoundnsubjcaseamodnmodauxadvmodcompound:prtamodflatobjparataxispunctobjpunctconjflat:foreigncompoundobjparataxiscompound:prtamodnsubjpunctcompoundconjparataxiscaseoblpunctccompobjnsubjflat:foreignconjparataxisobjpunctcompoundparataxisnsubjconjpunctamodcompoundconjpunctconjmarknsubjaclpunctrootDePROPNmanNOUNw'atNOUNsotNOUNinADPdeADJcheerNOUNcouldAUXn'tPARTgitVERBupADPless'nXdeXblacksmifNOUNletVERB'PUNCTimNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNdeXmanNOUNw'atNOUNpickVERBupADPdeADJsludgeNOUN'PUNCTudNOUNhatterNOUNkeepVERBonADPknockinNOUN'PUNCTwidVERBitPRONtwelNOUNdeXblacksmifNOUNsayVERBquitNOUN;PUNCTenNOUNdenNOUNhePRONgunNOUN'PUNCTimADJmoneyNOUNplentyNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNoffADPhePRONputVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DeDePROPNNumber=Sing4 sotcompound
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing3 w'atcompound
3w'atw'atNOUNNumber=Sing4 sotcompound
4sotsotNOUNNumber=Sing10 gitnsubj
5ininADP_7 cheercase
6dedeADJDegree=Pos7 cheeramod
7cheercheerNOUNNumber=Sing4 sotnmod
8couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin10 gitaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 gitadvmod
10gitgitVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
11upupADP_10 gitcompound:prt
12less'nless'nXForeign=Yes14 blacksmifamod
13dedeXForeign=Yes12 less'nflat
14blacksmifblacksmifNOUNNumber=Sing10 gitobj
15letletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin10 gitparataxis
16''PUNCT_17 impunct
17imimNOUNNumber=Plur15 letobj
18,,PUNCT_19 enpunct
19enenNOUNNumber=Sing17 imconj
20dedeXForeign=Yes17 imflat:foreign
21manmanNOUNNumber=Sing22 w'atcompound
22w'atw'atNOUNNumber=Sing15 letobj
23pickpickVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin15 letparataxis
24upupADP_23 pickcompound:prt
25dedeADJDegree=Pos26 sludgeamod
26sludgesludgeNOUNNumber=Sing30 keepnsubj
27''PUNCT_29 hatterpunct
28ududNOUNNumber=Sing29 hattercompound
29hatterhatterNOUNNumber=Sing26 sludgeconj
30keepkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 pickparataxis
31ononADP_32 knockincase
32knockinknockinNOUNNumber=Sing34 widobl
33''PUNCT_34 widpunct
34widwiVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 keepccomp
35ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 widobj
36tweltwelNOUNNumber=Sing39 saynsubj
37dedeXForeign=Yes36 twelflat:foreign
38blacksmifblacksmifNOUNNumber=Sing36 twelconj
39saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 widparataxis
40quitquitNOUNNumber=Sing39 sayobj
41;;PUNCT_43 denpunct
42enenNOUNNumber=Sing43 dencompound
43dendenNOUNNumber=Sing10 gitparataxis
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 gunnsubj
45gungunNOUNNumber=Sing43 denconj
46''PUNCT_49 plentypunct
47imimADJDegree=Pos49 plentyamod
48moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing49 plentycompound
49plentyplentyNOUNNumber=Sing45 gunconj
50,,PUNCT_51 enpunct
51enenNOUNNumber=Sing49 plentyconj
52offoffADP_54 putmark
53hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 putnsubj
54putputVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 enacl
55..PUNCT_10 gitpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not git upcouldDe w'at sot in de cheerless'n blacksmiftree rules
2letinfinitiveim and envn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent im=Recipient w'at=Theme
3pick upinfinitivevn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4keeppresentde sludge and ud hattertree rules
5wipastde sludge and ud hatter not said hereimknockintree rules
6say speech: assertpresenttwel and blacksmifquitvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent quit=Topic
7gunsottree rules
8putpastsoten not said herevn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent en=Goal

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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