Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXIV. the Sad Fate of Mr. Fox, sentence 18
"'Der's a man down yander by Miss Meadows's w'at got heap er fine cattle, en he gotter cow name Bookay,' sezee, 'en you des go en say Bookay, en she'll open her mouf, en you kin jump in en git des as much meat ez you kin tote,' sez Brer Fox, sezee.
Who acts: Der, man, you, mouf · What happens: be, get, say, open, jump, kin · To what, where: man, heap, Bookay, mouf, en, en git des · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXXIV. the Sad Fate of Mr. Fox. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Der, man, you, mouf), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 got | punct |
| 2 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 man | punct |
| 3 | Der | Der | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 man | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 man | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | nsubj |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 man | compound:prt |
| 8 | yander | yander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 man | conj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 w'at | case |
| 10 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Meadows | compound |
| 11 | Meadows | Meadows | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 w'at | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Meadows | case |
| 13 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 man | nmod |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | obj |
| 16 | er | er | ADV | _ | 14 got | advmod |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 cattle | amod |
| 18 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 got | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 en | punct |
| 20 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cattle | conj |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 Bookay | nsubj |
| 22 | gotter | gotter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 name | compound |
| 23 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 name | compound |
| 24 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Bookay | nmod:desc |
| 25 | Bookay | Bookay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 en | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 sezee | punct |
| 27 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 sezee | punct |
| 28 | sezee | sezee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Bookay | appos |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 en | punct |
| 30 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 en | punct |
| 31 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cattle | conj |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 say | nsubj |
| 33 | des | des | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 34 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 say | aux |
| 35 | en | en | ADV | _ | 36 say | advmod |
| 36 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 en | acl:relcl |
| 37 | Bookay | Bookay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 say | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 en | punct |
| 39 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Bookay | appos |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 open | nsubj |
| 41 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 open | aux |
| 42 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 en | acl:relcl |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 mouf | nmod:poss |
| 44 | mouf | mouf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 open | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 en | punct |
| 46 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 mouf | conj |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 jump | nsubj |
| 48 | kin | kin | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 jump | aux |
| 49 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 en | acl:relcl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 des | case |
| 51 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 des | compound |
| 52 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 des | compound |
| 53 | des | des | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 jump | obl |
| 54 | as | as | ADP | _ | 56 meat | case |
| 55 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 meat | amod |
| 56 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 jump | obl |
| 57 | ez | ez | SCONJ | _ | 59 kin | mark |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 59 kin | nsubj |
| 59 | kin | kin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 jump | advcl |
| 60 | tote | tote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 kin | obj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 sez | punct |
| 62 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 63 sez | punct |
| 63 | sez | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 mouf | acl:relcl |
| 64 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Fox | compound |
| 65 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 sez | obj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 sezee | punct |
| 67 | sezee | sezee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 Fox | conj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Der | a man and yander | by Miss Meadows's w'at | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | a man and yander | heap | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent heap=Beneficiary cattle=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | you | Bookay | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bookay=Topic | ||||
| 4 | open in a quote | future | Der | Der's mouf and en | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouf=Theme | ||||
| 5 | jump in a quote | you | en not said here | en git des | as much meat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent en=Theme in des=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | kin in a quote | present | you | tote | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Der's mouf and en not said here | Brer Fox and sezee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fox=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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