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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1, sentence 3

"W'iles I wuz crossin' de branch des now," he said, endeavoring to change the subject, "I come up wid a Jacky-my-lantern, en she wuz bu'nin' wuss'n a bunch er lightnin'-bugs, mon. I know'd she wuz a fixin' fer ter lead me inter dat quogmire down in de swamp, en I steer'd cle'r an' er.

Who acts: W'iles, armed, endeavoring, Jacky, lightnin bugs · What happens: wuz, say, endeavor, change, come up, wi · To what, where: crossin, subject, mon., fer ter, armed, de swamp · 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 (W'iles, armed, endeavoring, Jacky), 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

punctnsubjnsubjccompobjpunctcompoundoblflat:foreignadvmodpunctpunctnsubjpunctcsubjmarkadvcldetobjpunctpunctnsubjconjcompound:prtccompdetnsubjpunctnmod:posspunctobjpunctconjnsubjcompoundconjpunctccdetconjpunctcompoundpunctpunctnsubjpunctapposnsubjacl:relclauxnsubjacl:relcldetnmod:posscasecompoundobjconjobjamodcompoundobjadvmodcaseamodoblpunctconjnsubjacl:relclauxccompdetpunctobjpunctroot"PUNCTW'ilesNOUNIPRONwuzVERBcrossinNOUN'PUNCTdeXbranchNOUNdesXnowADV,PUNCT"PUNCThePRONsaidVERB,PUNCTendeavoringVERBtoPARTchangeVERBtheDETsubjectNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONcomeVERBupADPwidVERBaDETJackyPROPN-PUNCTmyPRON-PUNCTlanternNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNshePRONwuzNOUNbu'ninNOUN'PUNCTwuss'nCCONJaDETbunchNOUNerPUNCTlightninNOUN'PUNCT-PUNCTbugsNOUN,PUNCTmon.PROPNIPRONknowVERB'dAUXshePRONwuzVERBaDETfixinNOUN'PARTferNOUNterNOUNleadVERBmePRONinterADJdatNOUNquogmireNOUNdownADVinADPdeADJswampNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNIPRONsteerVERB'dAUXcle'rVERBanDET'PUNCTerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_4 wuzpunct
2W'ilesw'ileNOUNNumber=Plur4 wuznsubj
3IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 wuznsubj
4wuzwuzVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 saidccomp
5crossincrossinNOUNNumber=Sing4 wuzobj
6''PUNCT_4 wuzpunct
7dedeXForeign=Yes8 branchcompound
8branchbranchNOUNNumber=Sing4 wuzobl
9desdesX_8 branchflat:foreign
10nownowADVPronType=Dem4 wuzadvmod
11,,PUNCT_4 wuzpunct
12""PUNCT_4 wuzpunct
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 saidnsubj
14saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15,,PUNCT_16 endeavoringpunct
16endeavoringendeavorVERBVerbForm=Ger26 widcsubj
17totoPART_18 changemark
18changechangeVERBVerbForm=Inf16 endeavoringadvcl
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 subjectdet
20subjectsubjectNOUNNumber=Sing18 changeobj
21,,PUNCT_24 comepunct
22""PUNCT_24 comepunct
23IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 comensubj
24comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 endeavoringconj
25upupADP_24 comecompound:prt
26widwiVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 saidccomp
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 lanterndet
28JackyJackyPROPNNumber=Sing32 lanternnsubj
29--PUNCT_32 lanternpunct
30mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 lanternnmod:poss
31--PUNCT_30 mypunct
32lanternlanternNOUNNumber=Sing26 widobj
33,,PUNCT_34 enpunct
34enenNOUNNumber=Sing32 lanternconj
35sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 bu'ninnsubj
36wuzwuzNOUNNumber=Sing37 bu'nincompound
37bu'ninbu'ninNOUNNumber=Sing34 enconj
38''PUNCT_37 bu'ninpunct
39wuss'nwuss'nCCONJ_41 bunchcc
40aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 bunchdet
41bunchbunchNOUNNumber=Sing32 lanternconj
42ererPUNCT_43 lightninpunct
43lightninlightninNOUNNumber=Sing46 bugscompound
44''PUNCT_43 lightninpunct
45--PUNCT_43 lightninpunct
46bugsbugNOUNNumber=Plur53 wuznsubj
47,,PUNCT_48 mon.punct
48mon.MondayPROPNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing46 bugsappos
49IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs50 knownsubj
50knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin48 mon.acl:relcl
51'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin53 wuzaux
52sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 wuznsubj
53wuzwuzVERBVerbForm=Inf41 bunchacl:relcl
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 fixindet
55fixinfixinNOUNNumber=Sing58 ternmod:poss
56''sPART_55 fixincase
57ferferNOUNNumber=Sing58 tercompound
58terterNOUNNumber=Sing53 wuzobj
59leadleaVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 saidconj
60meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs59 leadobj
61interintADJDegree=Cmp63 quogmireamod
62datdatNOUNNumber=Sing63 quogmirecompound
63quogmirequogmireNOUNNumber=Sing59 leadobj
64downdownADV_59 leadadvmod
65ininADP_67 swampcase
66dedeADJDegree=Pos67 swampamod
67swampswampNOUNNumber=Sing59 leadobl
68,,PUNCT_69 enpunct
69enenNOUNNumber=Sing67 swampconj
70IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs71 steernsubj
71steersteerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin69 enacl:relcl
72'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin73 cle'raux
73cle'rcle'rVERBVerbForm=Inf71 steerccomp
74anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art76 erdet
75''PUNCT_76 erpunct
76ererNOUNNumber=Sing73 cle'robj
77..PUNCT_14 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wuz in a quotepresentW'ilescrossinnowde branch obltree rules
2say speech: assertpastarmedvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3endeavorgerundtree rules
4changeto-infinitivethe subjectvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
5come up in a quotepresentarmedvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6wi in a quotepastendeavoringtree rules
7lantern in a quoteJackytree rules
8bu'nin in a quoteJackytree rules
9know in a quotepresentarmedmon. not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer monday=Stimulus
10wuz in a quotewouldlightnin bugsa fixin's fer tertree rules
11lea in a quotepastarmed not said herearmedde swamp and endown propertytree rules
12steer in a quotepresentarmeden not said heretree rules
13cle'r in a quotewouldarmed not said herea ertree 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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