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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Uncle Remus With the Toothache, sentence 23

I wuz settin' up talkin' wid my ole 'oman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun' fer ter see whar de nex' meal's vittles wuz a gwineter cum fum, an' I feel a little ache sorter crawlin' 'long on my jaw-bone, kinder feelin' his way.

Who acts: I, talkin, ole oman, vittles · What happens: wuz, wi, see, feel · To what, where: settin, whar nex, cum fum, sorter crawlin

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VI. Uncle Remus With the Toothache. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, talkin, ole oman, vittles), 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

nsubjobjpunctmarknsubjpunctadvclnmod:possamodpunctnsubjpunctamodnsubjpunctpunctcompoundpunctcompoundcompoundccompcompoundflat:foreignobjpunctnmod:posscasensubjparataxisdetcompoundcompoundobjpunctnmodpunctnsubjconjdetamodcompoundcompoundobjpunctpunctadvmodcasenmod:posscompoundpunctconjpunctamodappospunctnmod:possobl:unmarkedpunctrootIPRONwuzVERBsettinNOUN'PUNCTupADPtalkinNOUN'PUNCTwidVERBmyPRONoleADJ'PUNCTomanNOUN,PUNCTkinderADJpuzzlinNOUN'PUNCT'PUNCTrounNOUN'PUNCTferNOUNterNOUNseeVERBwharNOUNdeXnexNOUN'PUNCTmealNOUN'sPARTvittlesNOUNwuzVERBaDETgwineterNOUNcumNOUNfumNOUN,PUNCTanDET'PUNCTIPRONfeelVERBaDETlittleADJacheNOUNsorterNOUNcrawlinNOUN'PUNCT'PUNCTlongADVonADPmyPRONjawNOUN-PUNCTboneNOUN,PUNCTkinderADJfeelinNOUN'PUNCThisPRONwayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 wuznsubj
2wuzwuzVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3settinsettinNOUNNumber=Sing2 wuzobj
4''PUNCT_3 settinpunct
5upupADP_8 widmark
6talkintalkinNOUNNumber=Sing8 widnsubj
7''PUNCT_8 widpunct
8widwiVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 wuzadvcl
9mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 omannmod:poss
10oleoleADJDegree=Pos12 omanamod
11''PUNCT_10 olepunct
12omanomanNOUNNumber=Sing22 seensubj
13,,PUNCT_15 puzzlinpunct
14kinderkindADJDegree=Cmp15 puzzlinamod
15puzzlinpuzzlinNOUNNumber=Sing22 seensubj
16''PUNCT_15 puzzlinpunct
17''PUNCT_18 rounpunct
18rounrounNOUNNumber=Sing21 tercompound
19''PUNCT_18 rounpunct
20ferferNOUNNumber=Sing21 tercompound
21terterNOUNNumber=Sing22 seecompound
22seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 widccomp
23wharwharNOUNNumber=Sing25 nexcompound
24dedeXForeign=Yes23 wharflat:foreign
25nexnexNOUNNumber=Sing22 seeobj
26''PUNCT_25 nexpunct
27mealmealNOUNNumber=Sing29 vittlesnmod:poss
28's'sPART_27 mealcase
29vittlesvittleNOUNNumber=Plur30 wuznsubj
30wuzwuzVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin22 seeparataxis
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 fumdet
32gwinetergwineterNOUNNumber=Sing33 cumcompound
33cumcumNOUNNumber=Sing34 fumcompound
34fumfumNOUNNumber=Sing30 wuzobj
35,,PUNCT_36 anpunct
36anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 fumnmod
37''PUNCT_39 feelpunct
38IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs39 feelnsubj
39feelfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin36 anconj
40aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 crawlindet
41littlelittleADJDegree=Pos43 sorteramod
42acheacheNOUNNumber=Sing43 sortercompound
43sortersorterNOUNNumber=Sing44 crawlincompound
44crawlincrawlinNOUNNumber=Sing39 feelobj
45''PUNCT_52 bonepunct
46''PUNCT_52 bonepunct
47longlongADVDegree=Pos52 boneadvmod
48ononADP_52 bonecase
49mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 bonenmod:poss
50jawjawNOUNNumber=Sing52 bonecompound
51--PUNCT_50 jawpunct
52boneboneNOUNNumber=Sing44 crawlinconj
53,,PUNCT_55 feelinpunct
54kinderkindADJDegree=Cmp55 feelinamod
55feelinfeelinNOUNNumber=Sing52 boneappos
56''PUNCT_55 feelinpunct
57hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 waynmod:poss
58waywayNOUNNumber=Sing39 feelobl:unmarked
59..PUNCT_2 wuzpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wuzpresentIsettintree rules
2wipasttalkintree rules
3seeinfinitivemy ole omanwhar nexvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nex=Stimulus
4wuzpresentmeal's vittlesa cum fum antree rules
5feelpresentIa sorter crawlin and my jaw bonepuzzlin's way obl:unmarkedvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crawlin=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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