Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, sentence 22
Well, dey er yer," he continued, "but dis ain't no climate whar de rice-birds flies inter yo' pockets en gits out de money an' makes de change derse'f; an' de isters don't shuck off der shells en run over you on de street, an' no mo' duz de s'imp hull derse'f an' drap in yo' mouf.
Who acts: Remus, dis ai, climate whar, de money, de isters, an · What happens: continue, not whar, fly out, make, change, not shuck off · To what, where: dey, rice birds, inter yo, derse'f, shells en, de street · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Remus, dis ai, climate whar, de money), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 3 dey | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 3 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 continued | obl |
| 4 | er | er | ADV | _ | 5 yer | advmod |
| 5 | yer | y | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 dey | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 continued | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 continued | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 continued | nsubj |
| 9 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 continued | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 continued | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 whar | cc |
| 13 | dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ai | compound |
| 14 | ai | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 whar | nsubj |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 whar | advmod |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 whar | det |
| 17 | climate | climate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 whar | compound |
| 18 | whar | whar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 flies | nsubj |
| 19 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 18 whar | flat:foreign |
| 20 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 birds | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 rice | punct |
| 22 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 whar | nmod |
| 23 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 continued | parataxis |
| 24 | inter | int | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 25 yo | amod |
| 25 | yo | yo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 flies | obj |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 yo | punct |
| 27 | pockets | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 flies | obj | |
| 28 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 gits | compound |
| 29 | gits | git | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 pockets | conj |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 flies | compound:prt |
| 31 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 32 money | compound |
| 32 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 flies | parataxis |
| 33 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 makes | det |
| 34 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 makes | punct |
| 35 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 money | acl:relcl |
| 36 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 37 change | dep |
| 37 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 makes | xcomp |
| 38 | derse'f | derse'f | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 change | obj |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 run | punct |
| 40 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 run | nsubj |
| 41 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 shuck | punct |
| 42 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 isters | compound |
| 43 | isters | ister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 shuck | nsubj |
| 44 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 shuck | aux |
| 45 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 46 shuck | advmod |
| 46 | shuck | shuck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 an | parataxis |
| 47 | off | off | ADP | _ | 46 shuck | compound:prt |
| 48 | der | der | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 shells | compound |
| 49 | shells | shell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 en | compound |
| 50 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 shuck | obj |
| 51 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 continued | conj |
| 52 | over | over | ADP | _ | 53 you | case |
| 53 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 run | obl |
| 54 | on | on | ADP | _ | 56 street | case |
| 55 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 56 street | compound |
| 56 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 run | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 derse'f | punct |
| 58 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 derse'f | det |
| 59 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 63 duz | punct |
| 60 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 61 mo | det |
| 61 | mo | mo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 duz | nsubj |
| 62 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 63 duz | punct |
| 63 | duz | duz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 derse'f | compound |
| 64 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 63 duz | flat:foreign |
| 65 | s'imp | s'imp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 hull | compound |
| 66 | hull | hull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 derse'f | compound |
| 67 | derse'f | derse'f | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 run | parataxis |
| 68 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 70 drap | det |
| 69 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 70 drap | punct |
| 70 | drap | drap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 derse'f | appos |
| 71 | in | in | ADP | _ | 72 yo | case |
| 72 | yo | yo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 drap | nmod |
| 73 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 74 mouf | punct |
| 74 | mouf | mouf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 yo | conj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue in a quote | past | Remus | dey | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not whar | dis ai | rice birds | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | fly out | present | no climate whar | inter yo | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent yo=Theme pocket=Destination | ||||
| 4 | make | present | de money not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | change | infinitive | de money not said here | derse'f | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent derse'f=Patient | ||||
| 6 | not shuck off | present · do-support | de isters | shells en | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Source | ||||
| 7 | run | present | an | de street | over you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over you=Trajectory | |||
| 8 | duz | no mo | tree rules |
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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