Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, II. Uncle Remus's Church Experience, sentence 15

Brer Dick, he 'nounced dat dey wern't nuff money in de box; an' Brer Sim said if dey wern't he speck Brer Dick know'd whar it disappeared ter; an' den Brer Dick 'low'd dat he won't stan' no 'probusness, an' wid dat he haul off an' tuck Brer Sim under de jaw--ker blap!--an' den dey clinched an' drapped on de flo' an' fout under de benches an' 'mong de wimmen.

Who acts: Brer, dey wer, den, den dey · What happens: nounc, say, not speck, know, whar, dat · To what, where: dat dey wer, Brer, box, probusness, tuck, de jaw · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, II. Uncle Remus's Church Experience. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, dey wer, den, den dey), 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	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 nounced	nsubj
2	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Brer	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 nounced	nsubj
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 nounced	punct
6	nounced	nounc	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	dat	dat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wer	amod
8	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wer	compound
9	wer	wer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nounced	obj
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 money	advmod
11	nuff	nuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 money	compound
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nounced	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 box	case
14	de	de	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 box	compound
15	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 money	nmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 said	det
18	'	'	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
19	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 said	nsubj
20	Sim	Sim	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Brer	flat
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nounced	conj
22	if	if	SCONJ	_	27 speck	mark
23	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wer	compound
24	wer	wer	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 speck	nsubj
25	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 speck	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 speck	nsubj
27	speck	speck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 know	advcl
28	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 speck	obj
29	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Brer	flat
30	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 said	ccomp
31	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 whar	aux
32	whar	whar	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 know	ccomp
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 whar	obj
34	disappeared	disappeared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 ter	amod
35	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 whar	obj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 dat	punct
37	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 den	det
38	'	'	PUNCT	_	39 den	punct
39	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 dat	nsubj
40	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 den	appos
41	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Brer	flat
42	'	's	PART	_	40 Brer	case
43	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 den	amod
44	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 dat	aux
45	dat	dat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 nounced	conj
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 stan	nsubj
47	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 stan	aux
48	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 stan	advmod
49	stan	stan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 dat	ccomp
50	'	'	PUNCT	_	53 probusness	punct
51	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	53 probusness	det
52	'	'	PUNCT	_	53 probusness	punct
53	probusness	probusness	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 stan	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 dat	punct
55	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 dat	det
56	'	'	PUNCT	_	58 dat	punct
57	wid	wid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 dat	amod
58	dat	dat	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 probusness	appos
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 haul	nsubj
60	haul	haul	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	58 dat	acl:relcl
61	off	off	ADP	_	64 tuck	case
62	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 tuck	det
63	'	'	PUNCT	_	64 tuck	punct
64	tuck	tuck	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 haul	obl
65	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 tuck	appos
66	Sim	Sim	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Brer	flat
67	under	under	ADP	_	69 jaw	case
68	de	de	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 jaw	amod
69	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 haul	obl
70	--	--	PUNCT	_	72 blap	punct
71	ker	k	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	72 blap	amod
72	blap	blap	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 probusness	conj
73	!	!	PUNCT	_	49 stan	punct
74	--	--	PUNCT	_	79 clinched	punct
75	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 dey	det
76	'	'	PUNCT	_	78 dey	punct
77	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 dey	compound
78	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 clinched	nsubj
79	clinched	clinch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 dat	parataxis
80	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	92 benches	det
81	'	'	PUNCT	_	82 drapped	punct
82	drapped	drapp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	92 benches	nsubj
83	on	on	ADP	_	85 flo	case
84	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	85 flo	compound
85	flo	flo	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 drapped	obl
86	'	'	PUNCT	_	89 fout	punct
87	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	89 fout	det
88	'	'	PUNCT	_	89 fout	punct
89	fout	fout	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 flo	appos
90	under	under	ADP	_	91 de	case
91	de	de	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 fout	nmod
92	benches	bench	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 clinched	conj
93	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	98 wimmen	det
94	'	'	PUNCT	_	98 wimmen	punct
95	'	's	PART	_	94 '	case
96	mong	mong	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 wimmen	compound
97	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	96 mong	flat:foreign
98	wimmen	wimmen	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 benches	obj
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 nounced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	nounc	past	Brer	dat dey wer		nuff money in de box obl	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Brer				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not speck a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	dey wer	Brer			tree rules
4	know	present					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	whar	would		box			tree rules
6	dat	would	a den				tree rules
7	not stan	future	den	no probusness and ker blap			tree rules
8	haul off	present	den	a tuck	de jaw		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuck=Theme
9	clinch	past	a den dey				tree rules
10	drapp	participle			de flo		tree rules
11	bench	present		a mong wimmen			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wimmen=Theme

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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