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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 en | amod |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Many | case |
| 3 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dat | nsubj |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dat | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 many | case |
| 6 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dat | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dat | compound |
| 8 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 lay | nsubj |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 nuss | nsubj |
| 10 | nuss | nuss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dat | acl:relcl |
| 11 | dat | that | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boy | det |
| 12 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 nuss | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hilt | punct |
| 14 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hilt | compound |
| 15 | hilt | hilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 boy | appos |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 im | punct |
| 17 | im | im | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hilt | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 arms | case |
| 19 | dese | dese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 arms | amod |
| 20 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 im | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 en | punct |
| 22 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 toted | nsubj |
| 23 | toted | tote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dat | acl:relcl |
| 24 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 im | punct |
| 25 | im | im | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 toted | xcomp |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 dis | case |
| 27 | dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 im | obl |
| 28 | back | back | ADV | _ | 25 im | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 w'en | punct |
| 30 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 w'en | compound |
| 31 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 lay | nsubj |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 see | nsubj |
| 33 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 w'en | acl:relcl |
| 34 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 see | obj |
| 35 | Yankee | Yankee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 dat | appos |
| 36 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 37 | dat | dat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 gun | amod |
| 38 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 lay | obj |
| 39 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 38 gun | punct |
| 40 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 lay | conj |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 lim | det |
| 42 | lim | lim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 en | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 42 lim | case |
| 44 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 take | nsubj |
| 45 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 cross | parataxis |
| 46 | aim | aim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 take | obj |
| 47 | at | at | ADP | _ | 48 Mars | case |
| 48 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 wid | obl |
| 49 | Jeems | Jeems | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Mars | flat |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 wid | nsubj |
| 51 | up | up | ADP | _ | 50 I | compound:prt |
| 52 | wid | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 take | conj |
| 53 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 rifle | nmod:poss |
| 54 | ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 rifle | amod |
| 55 | rifle | rifle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 let | nsubj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 shet | punct |
| 57 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 shet | compound |
| 58 | shet | shet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 rifle | conj |
| 59 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 60 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 en | compound |
| 61 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 let | nsubj |
| 62 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 wid | ccomp |
| 63 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 man | amod |
| 64 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 let | obj |
| 65 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 let | conj |
| 66 | all | all | ADV | _ | 68 had | advmod |
| 67 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 had | nsubj |
| 68 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 have | ccomp |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 cross | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 lay | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dat | Many en | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | nuss | present | I | that boy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | tote | past | en | de time dat not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | im back | participle | en not said here | dis | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | see | present | I | dat | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dat=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | lie | past | de time dat | dat gun | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gun=Theme | ||||
| 7 | cross | infinitive | de time dat not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | take | present | a lim's en | aim | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme | ||||
| 9 | wi | past | I | Mars | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | let | past | my ole rifle and en shet | de man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ||||
| 11 | have | present | my ole rifle and en shet not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 12 | have | past | rifle | all property | vn 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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