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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, A Story of the War, sentence 128

Many's en many's de time dat I nuss dat boy, en hilt 'im in dese arms, en toted 'im on dis back, en w'en I see dat Yankee lay dat gun 'cross a lim' en take aim at Mars Jeems I up wid my ole rifle, en shet my eyes en let de man have all she had."

Who acts: Many en, I, en, de time dat, ole rifle, rifle · What happens: dat, nuss, tote, im back, see, lie · To what, where: boy, de time dat, dis, dat, dat gun, aim

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, A Story of the War. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many en, I, en, de time dat), 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

amodcasensubjnsubjcaseamodcompoundnsubjnsubjacl:relcldetobjpunctcompoundappospunctconjcaseamodnmodpunctnsubjacl:relclpunctxcompcaseobladvmodpunctcompoundnsubjnsubjacl:relclobjapposamodobjpunctconjdetnmod:posscasensubjparataxisobjcaseoblflatnsubjcompound:prtconjnmod:possamodnsubjpunctcompoundconjnmod:posscompoundnsubjccompamodobjconjadvmodnsubjccomppunctpunctrootManyADJ'sPARTenNOUNmanyADJ'sPARTdeADJtimeNOUNdatNOUNIPRONnussVERBdatDETboyNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNhiltNOUN'PUNCTimNOUNinADPdeseADJarmsNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNtotedVERB'PUNCTimVERBonADPdisNOUNbackADV,PUNCTenNOUNw'enNOUNIPRONseeVERBdatNOUNYankeePROPNlayVERBdatADJgunNOUN'PUNCTcrossVERBaDETlimNOUN'PARTenNOUNtakeVERBaimNOUNatADPMarsPROPNJeemsPROPNIPRONupADPwidVERBmyPRONoleADJrifleNOUN,PUNCTenNOUNshetNOUNmyPRONeyesNOUNenNOUNletVERBdeADJmanNOUNhaveVERBallADVshePRONhadVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ManymanyADJDegree=Pos3 enamod
2's'sPART_1 Manycase
3enenNOUNNumber=Sing8 datnsubj
4manymanyADJDegree=Pos8 datnsubj
5's'sPART_4 manycase
6dedeADJDegree=Pos8 datamod
7timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing8 datcompound
8datdatNOUNNumber=Sing36 laynsubj
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 nussnsubj
10nussnussVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 datacl:relcl
11datthatDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 boydet
12boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing10 nussobj
13,,PUNCT_15 hiltpunct
14enenNOUNNumber=Sing15 hiltcompound
15hilthiltNOUNNumber=Sing12 boyappos
16''PUNCT_17 impunct
17imimNOUNNumber=Sing15 hiltconj
18ininADP_20 armscase
19desedeseADJDegree=Pos20 armsamod
20armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur17 imnmod
21,,PUNCT_22 enpunct
22enenNOUNNumber=Sing23 totednsubj
23totedtoteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 datacl:relcl
24''PUNCT_25 impunct
25imimVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass23 totedxcomp
26ononADP_27 discase
27disdisNOUNNumber=Sing25 imobl
28backbackADV_25 imadvmod
29,,PUNCT_31 w'enpunct
30enenNOUNNumber=Sing31 w'encompound
31w'enw'enNOUNNumber=Sing36 laynsubj
32IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs33 seensubj
33seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 w'enacl:relcl
34datdatNOUNNumber=Sing33 seeobj
35YankeeYankeePROPNNumber=Sing34 datappos
36laylieVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
37datdatADJDegree=Pos38 gunamod
38gungunNOUNNumber=Sing36 layobj
39''PUNCT_38 gunpunct
40crosscrossVERBVerbForm=Inf36 layconj
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art42 limdet
42limlimNOUNNumber=Sing44 ennmod:poss
43''sPART_42 limcase
44enenNOUNNumber=Sing45 takensubj
45taketakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 crossparataxis
46aimaimNOUNNumber=Sing45 takeobj
47atatADP_48 Marscase
48MarsMarsPROPNNumber=Sing52 widobl
49JeemsJeemsPROPNNumber=Sing48 Marsflat
50IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs52 widnsubj
51upupADP_50 Icompound:prt
52widwiVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 takeconj
53mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 riflenmod:poss
54oleoleADJDegree=Pos55 rifleamod
55riflerifleNOUNNumber=Sing62 letnsubj
56,,PUNCT_58 shetpunct
57enenNOUNNumber=Sing58 shetcompound
58shetshetNOUNNumber=Sing55 rifleconj
59mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs60 eyesnmod:poss
60eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur61 encompound
61enenNOUNNumber=Sing62 letnsubj
62letletVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 widccomp
63dedeADJDegree=Pos64 manamod
64manmanNOUNNumber=Sing62 letobj
65havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin62 letconj
66allallADV_68 hadadvmod
67sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs68 hadnsubj
68hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin65 haveccomp
69..PUNCT_40 crosspunct
70""PUNCT_36 laypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1datMany entree rules
2nusspresentIthat boytree rules
3totepastende time dat not said heretree rules
4im backparticipleen not said heredistree rules
5seepresentIdatvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dat=Stimulus
6liepastde time datdat gunvn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gun=Theme
7crossinfinitivede time dat not said herevn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8takepresenta lim's enaimvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme
9wipastIMarstree rules
10letpastmy ole rifle and en shetde manvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
11havepresentmy ole rifle and en shet not said heretree rules
12havepastrifleall propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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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