Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, A Story of the War, sentence 41
"Very well," he said, "I'll come around and help you pack up, but before you go I want you to tell Sister here how you went to war and fought for the Union.--Remus was a famous warrior," he continued, turning to Miss Theodosia; "he volunteered for one day, and commanded an army of one.
Who acts: Remus, you · What happens: say, come around, help, pack up, go, want · To what, where: you, Sister, war, famous warrior, Miss, army · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Remus, you), 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 | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 2 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 3 well | advmod |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 said | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 come | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 come | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 come | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 come | aux |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 13 | around | around | ADV | _ | 12 come | advmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 help | cc |
| 15 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 come | conj |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 help | obj |
| 17 | pack | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 help | xcomp |
| 18 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 pack | compound:prt |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 want | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 want | cc |
| 21 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 23 go | mark |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 go | nsubj |
| 23 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 want | advcl |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 want | nsubj |
| 25 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 want | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 tell | mark |
| 28 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 want | xcomp |
| 29 | Sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 tell | iobj |
| 30 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 Sister | advmod |
| 31 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 went | advmod |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 went | nsubj |
| 33 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 tell | advcl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 war | case |
| 35 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 went | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 fought | cc |
| 37 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 went | conj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 Union | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Union | det |
| 40 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 fought | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 42 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 47 warrior | punct |
| 43 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 warrior | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 warrior | cop |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 warrior | det |
| 46 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 warrior | amod |
| 47 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | ccomp |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 continued | punct |
| 49 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 continued | punct |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 continued | nsubj |
| 51 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 warrior | parataxis |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 turning | punct |
| 53 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 continued | advcl |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 Miss | case |
| 55 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 turning | obl |
| 56 | Theodosia | Theodosia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Miss | flat |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 volunteered | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 60 volunteered | punct |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 volunteered | nsubj |
| 60 | volunteered | volunteer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 61 | for | for | ADP | _ | 63 day | case |
| 62 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 63 day | nummod |
| 63 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 volunteered | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 commanded | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 commanded | cc |
| 66 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 67 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 army | det |
| 68 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 commanded | obj |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 one | case |
| 70 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 68 army | nmod |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Remus | well property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come around in a quote | future | Remus | around property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | help in a quote | infinitive | Remus not said here | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pack up in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | go in a quote | present | you | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | want in a quote | present | Remus | you | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | Sister | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | go in a quote | past | you | war | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | fight in a quote | past | you not said here | for the Union | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | is a in a quote | past | Remus | a famous warrior | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | continue | past | Remus | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 12 | turn | gerund | Remus not said here | Miss | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to miss=Result | ||||
| 13 | volunteer in a quote | past | Remus | day | vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 14 | command in a quote | past | Remus not said here | a army of one | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality |
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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