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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" *1, sentence 46

"En dey do say," continued Uncle Remus, with unction, "dat sense dat day de blacksmif bin sorter huv'rin' 'roun' 'twix' de heavens en de ye'th, en dark nights he shine out so fokes call 'im Jacky-my-lantern.

Who acts: En dey, roun, fokes · What happens: say, continue, night, shine out, call · To what, where: Uncle Remus · 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 (En dey, roun, fokes), 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

punctcompoundnsubjauxaclpunctpunctcompoundobjpunctcaseoblpunctpunctamodcompoundcompoundobl:unmarkedflat:foreignamodcompoundcompoundconjpunctpunctnsubjpunctpunctconjpunctcasecompoundnmodcompoundconjpunctconjamodnmodnsubjparataxiscompound:prtadvmodnsubjadvclpunctamodxcomppunctnmod:posspunctappospunctroot"PUNCTEnNOUNdeyNOUNdoAUXsayVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTcontinuedVERBUnclePROPNRemusPROPN,PUNCTwithADPunctionNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTdatADJsenseNOUNdatNOUNdayNOUNdeXblacksmifADJbinNOUNsorterNOUNhuv'rinNOUN'PUNCT'PUNCTrounNOUN'PUNCT'PUNCTtwixNOUN'PUNCTdeADPheavensNOUNenNOUNdeXye'thNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNdarkADJnightsNOUNhePRONshineVERBoutADPsoADVfokesNOUNcallVERB'PUNCTimADJJackyPROPN-PUNCTmyPRON-PUNCTlanternNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_3 deypunct
2EnenNOUNNumber=Sing3 deycompound
3deydeyNOUNNumber=Sing8 continuednsubj
4dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sayaux
5saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf3 deyacl
6,,PUNCT_3 deypunct
7""PUNCT_3 deypunct
8continuedcontinueVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9UncleUnclePROPNNumber=Sing10 Remuscompound
10RemusRemusPROPNNumber=Sing8 continuedobj
11,,PUNCT_13 unctionpunct
12withwithADP_13 unctioncase
13unctionunctionNOUNNumber=Sing8 continuedobl
14,,PUNCT_19 daypunct
15""PUNCT_19 daypunct
16datdatADJDegree=Pos19 dayamod
17sensesenseNOUNNumber=Sing19 daycompound
18datdatNOUNNumber=Sing19 daycompound
19daydayNOUNNumber=Sing8 continuedobl:unmarked
20dedeXForeign=Yes19 dayflat:foreign
21blacksmifblacksmifADJDegree=Pos24 huv'rinamod
22binbinNOUNNumber=Sing23 sortercompound
23sortersorterNOUNNumber=Sing24 huv'rincompound
24huv'rinhuv'rinNOUNNumber=Sing19 dayconj
25''PUNCT_24 huv'rinpunct
26''PUNCT_27 rounpunct
27rounrounNOUNNumber=Sing40 nightsnsubj
28''PUNCT_27 rounpunct
29''PUNCT_30 twixpunct
30twixtwixNOUNNumber=Sing27 rounconj
31''PUNCT_30 twixpunct
32dedeADP_34 encase
33heavensheavenNOUNNumber=Plur34 encompound
34enenNOUNNumber=Sing30 twixnmod
35dedeXForeign=Yes36 ye'thcompound
36ye'thye'thNOUNNumber=Sing34 enconj
37,,PUNCT_38 enpunct
38enenNOUNNumber=Sing27 rounconj
39darkdarkADJDegree=Pos40 nightsamod
40nightsnightNOUNNumber=Plur24 huv'rinnmod
41hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 shinensubj
42shineshineVERBVerbForm=Inf40 nightsparataxis
43outoutADP_42 shinecompound:prt
44sosoADV_46 calladvmod
45fokesfokeNOUNNumber=Plur46 callnsubj
46callcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin42 shineadvcl
47''PUNCT_49 Jackypunct
48imimADJDegree=Pos49 Jackyamod
49JackyJackyPROPNNumber=Sing46 callxcomp
50--PUNCT_53 lanternpunct
51mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 lanternnmod:poss
52--PUNCT_53 lanternpunct
53lanternlanternNOUNNumber=Sing49 Jackyappos
54..PUNCT_8 continuedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepresent · do-supportEn dey not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2continuepastEn deyUncle Remusdaywith unctiontree rules
3night in a quoteroun and twix de heavens en and de ye'th and entree rules
4shine out in a quoteinfinitiverounvn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
5call in a quotepresentfokesvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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