Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1, sentence 24

At de 'p'inted time yer come de Ole Boy atter de blacksmif, but still de blacksmif had some jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en he ax de Bad Man fer ter take holt er de sludge en he he'p 'im out; en de Bad Man, he 'low dat r'er'n be disperlite, he don't keer ef he do hit 'er a biff er two; en wid dat he grab up de sludge, en dar he wuz 'gin, kase he done conju'd de sludge so dat whosomedever tuck 'er up can't put 'er down less'n de blacksmif say de wud.

Who acts: yer, de blacksmif, jobs, de, ter, Bad fer ter · What happens: p'int, come, have, dat, bleedz, finish up · To what, where: de, holt, ter, ef, dat, de sludge · 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 (yer, de blacksmif, jobs, de), 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	At	at	ADP	_	2 de	case
2	de	de	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
3	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
4	p'inted	p'int	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl:unmarked
6	yer	yer	PRON	Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	de	de	ADP	_	11 atter	case
9	Ole	Ole	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 atter	compound
10	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 atter	compound
11	atter	atter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
12	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	13 blacksmif	compound
13	blacksmif	blacksmif	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 atter	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 had	cc
16	still	still	ADV	_	18 blacksmif	advmod
17	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	18 blacksmif	compound
18	blacksmif	blacksmif	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 come	advcl
20	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	21 jobs	det
21	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 dat	nsubj
22	dat	dat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 had	parataxis
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 bleedzd	nsubj
24	bleedzd	bleedz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 dat	ccomp
25	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 finish	nsubj
26	finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 bleedzd	ccomp
27	up	up	ADP	_	26 finish	compound:prt
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 ax	punct
29	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 ax	compound
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 ax	nsubj
31	ax	ax	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 finish	parataxis
32	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	31 ax	flat:foreign
33	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 ter	amod
34	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 fer	compound
35	fer	fer	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 ter	compound
36	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 take	nsubj
37	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 ax	parataxis
38	holt	holt	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 take	obj
39	er	er	X	Foreign=Yes	42 en	nsubj
40	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	39 er	flat:foreign
41	sludge	sludge	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 en	compound
42	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 take	obj
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 im	nsubj
44	he'p	he'p	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 im	nsubj:pass
45	'	'	PUNCT	_	46 im	punct
46	im	im	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 en	acl:relcl
47	out	out	ADP	_	46 im	compound:prt
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 Man	punct
49	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Man	nsubj
50	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	52 Man	compound
51	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 Man	amod
52	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 disperlite	punct
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 disperlite	nsubj
55	'	'	PUNCT	_	60 disperlite	punct
56	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 r'er'n	amod
57	dat	dat	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 r'er'n	compound
58	r'er'n	r'er'n	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 disperlite	nsubj
59	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	60 disperlite	cop
60	disperlite	disperlite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 Man	conj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 keer	punct
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 keer	nsubj
63	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 keer	aux
64	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	65 keer	advmod
65	keer	keer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 disperlite	conj
66	ef	ef	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 keer	obj
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 hit	nsubj
68	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 hit	aux
69	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 keer	parataxis
70	'	'	PUNCT	_	69 hit	punct
71	er	er	ADP	_	74 er	case
72	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 er	det
73	biff	biff	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 er	compound
74	er	er	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 hit	obl
75	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	74 er	flat
76	;	;	PUNCT	_	78 wid	punct
77	en	en	X	Foreign=Yes	78 wid	dep
78	wid	wi	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 come	conj
79	dat	dat	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 wid	obj
80	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 grab	nsubj
81	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	78 wid	ccomp
82	up	up	ADP	_	81 grab	compound:prt
83	de	de	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 sludge	amod
84	sludge	sludge	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 grab	obj
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 dar	punct
86	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 dar	compound
87	dar	dar	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 sludge	conj
88	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	89 wuz	nsubj
89	wuz	wuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 sludge	conj
90	'	'	PUNCT	_	91 gin	punct
91	gin	gin	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 done	nsubj
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 kase	punct
93	kase	kase	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 gin	conj
94	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 done	nsubj
95	done	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 wuz	acl:relcl
96	conju	conju	PROPN	Number=Sing	99 sludge	nmod:poss
97	'd	'd	PART	_	96 conju	case
98	de	de	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 sludge	amod
99	sludge	sludge	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 done	obj
100	so	so	ADV	_	101 dat	advmod
101	dat	dat	X	_	109 put	nsubj
102	whosomedever	whosomedever	DET	PronType=Int	103 tuck	det
103	tuck	tuck	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 dat	flat
104	'	'	PUNCT	_	101 dat	punct
105	er	e	ADV	Degree=Cmp	101 dat	advmod
106	up	up	ADP	_	105 er	compound:prt
107	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	109 put	aux
108	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	109 put	advmod
109	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	95 done	advcl
110	'	'	PUNCT	_	109 put	punct
111	er	er	ADV	_	112 down	advmod
112	down	downfall	X	_	116 say	nsubj
113	less'n	less'n	X	_	112 down	goeswith
114	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	112 down	flat
115	blacksmif	blacksmif	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 down	flat
116	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	109 put	parataxis
117	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	118 wud	compound
118	wud	wud	NOUN	Number=Sing	116 say	obj
119	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	p'int	participle						tree rules
2	come	present	yer		de	time	de Ole Boy atter and de blacksmif	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at de=Location
3	have	past	de blacksmif					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	dat	present	some jobs					tree rules
5	bleedz	past	de					tree rules
6	finish up	present	ter					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7	ax		ter					tree rules
8	take	infinitive	Bad fer ter	holt				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holt=Theme
9	en		er					tree rules
10	im out	participle · passive		ter				tree rules
11	man		en					tree rules
12	is	infinitive	ter				disperlite property	tree rules
13	not keer	present · do-support	ter	ef				tree rules
14	hit	present · do-support	ter				er a biff er	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	wi	past	yer not said here	dat				tree rules
16	grab up	present	ter	de sludge and en dar and wuz				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sludge=Theme
17	wuz		ter					tree rules
18	do	past	gin and kase	conju's de sludge				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sludge=Eventuality
19	not put	can	dat					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
20	say speech: assert	present	down	de wud				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wud=Topic

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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