2.a Plantation Serenade 2.a Plantation Serenade of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris: the whole text, 7 sentences and 153 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.
1 DE ole bee make de honey-comb, De young bee make de honey, De niggers make de cotton en co'n, En de w'ite folks gits de money. 2 De raccoon he's a cu'us man, He never walk twel dark, En nuthin' never 'sturbs his mine, Twel he hear ole Bringer bark. 3 De raccoon totes a bushy tail, De 'possum totes no ha'r, Mr. Rabbit, he come skippin' by, He ain't got none ter spar'. 4 Monday mornin' break er day, W'ite folks got me gwine, But Sat'dy night, w'en de sun goes down, Dat yaller gal's in my mine. 5 Fifteen poun' er meat a week, W'isky for ter sell, Oh, how can a young man stay at home, Dem gals dey look so well? 6 Met a 'possum in de road-- Bre' 'Possum, whar you gwine? 7 I thank my stars, I bless my life, I'm a huntin' for de muscadine. ← previous
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