Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1, sentence 20
De Bad Man sorter do like he ain't got no time fer ter tarry, but de blacksmif say he got some little jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en den he ax de Bad Man fer ter set down a minnit; en de Bad Man, he tuck'n sot down, en he sot in dat cheer w'at he done conju'd en, co'se, dar he wuz.
Who acts: De Man sorter, de blacksmif, sorter, ter, Bad fer ter, en · What happens: do, not get, say, get, bleedz, finish up · To what, where: little jobs, minnit, cheer w'at, 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 Man sorter, de blacksmif, sorter, 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 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sorter | compound |
| 2 | Bad | Bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 De | flat |
| 3 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sorter | compound |
| 4 | sorter | sorter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 8 ai | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ai | nsubj |
| 8 | ai | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | advcl |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 got | advmod |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 ai | ccomp |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obj |
| 13 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 ter | amod |
| 14 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 time | conj |
| 15 | tarry | tarry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ter | amod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 say | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 say | cc |
| 18 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 19 blacksmif | compound |
| 19 | blacksmif | blacksmif | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 say | nsubj |
| 20 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | parataxis |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 got | nsubj |
| 22 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 say | ccomp |
| 23 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 jobs | det |
| 24 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 jobs | amod |
| 25 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 got | obj |
| 26 | dat | dat | SCONJ | _ | 28 bleedzd | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 bleedzd | nsubj |
| 28 | bleedzd | bleedz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 got | advcl |
| 29 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 finish | nsubj |
| 30 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 bleedzd | ccomp |
| 31 | up | up | ADP | _ | 30 finish | compound:prt |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 ax | punct |
| 33 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 den | compound |
| 34 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 ax | compound |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 ax | nsubj |
| 36 | ax | ax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 finish | parataxis |
| 37 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 36 ax | flat:foreign |
| 38 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 ter | amod |
| 39 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 fer | compound |
| 40 | fer | fer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 ter | compound |
| 41 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 ax | conj |
| 42 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 ter | acl |
| 43 | down | down | ADP | _ | 42 set | compound:prt |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 minnit | det |
| 45 | minnit | minnit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 set | obj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 Man | punct |
| 47 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Man | nsubj |
| 48 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 47 en | flat:foreign |
| 49 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 Man | amod |
| 50 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 say | ccomp |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 sot | punct |
| 52 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 sot | nsubj |
| 53 | tuck'n | tuck'n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 sot | compound |
| 54 | sot | sot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Man | appos |
| 55 | down | down | ADV | _ | 54 sot | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 en | punct |
| 57 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 sot | compound |
| 58 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 sot | nsubj |
| 59 | sot | sot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Man | conj |
| 60 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 w'at | case |
| 61 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 cheer | compound |
| 62 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 w'at | compound |
| 63 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 sot | nmod |
| 64 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 done | nsubj |
| 65 | done | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 w'at | acl:relcl |
| 66 | conju | conju | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 en | nmod:poss |
| 67 | 'd | 'd | PART | _ | 66 conju | case |
| 68 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 done | obj |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 co'se | punct |
| 70 | co'se | co'se | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 en | conj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 wuz | punct |
| 72 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 wuz | compound |
| 73 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 wuz | nsubj |
| 74 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Man | conj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | De Man sorter | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not get | past | De Man sorter not said here | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | de blacksmif | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | get | past | sorter | some little jobs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | bleedz | past | sorter | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | finish up | present | ter | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | ax | ter | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | set down | participle | Bad fer ter not said here | a minnit | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient minnit=Result | ||||
| 9 | man | en | tree rules | ||||||
| 10 | sot down | sorter | down property | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | sot | sorter | cheer w'at | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | do | past | sorter | conju's en and co'se | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Eventuality | ||||
| 13 | wuz | sorter | 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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