Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Race Improvement, sentence 18
An', mo'n dat, w'en he gits holt er de fack dat a nigger k'n have yaller fever same ez w'ite folks, you done got 'im on de mo'ners' bench, an' den ef you come down strong on de p'int dat he oughter stan' fas' by de fokes w'at hope him w'en he wuz in trouble de job's done.
Who acts: mo'n dat, er, gits holt, you, dat, fokes w'at · What happens: holt, fack, have, do, get, im · To what, where: dat, yaller fever, de bench, den ef, trouble, job
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VIII. Race Improvement. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mo'n dat, er, gits holt, 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dat | det |
| 2 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 1 An | case |
| 3 | mo'n | mo'n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dat | compound |
| 4 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 holt | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 w'en | punct |
| 6 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dat | conj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 holt | nsubj |
| 8 | gits | git | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 holt | compound |
| 9 | holt | holt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | nsubj |
| 10 | er | er | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 fack | nsubj |
| 11 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 fack | dep |
| 12 | fack | fack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 holt | acl:relcl |
| 13 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fack | obj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 k'n | det |
| 15 | nigger | nigger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 k'n | compound |
| 16 | k'n | k'n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fack | obj |
| 17 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | yaller | yaller | X | _ | 19 fever | compound |
| 19 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 have | obj |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 folks | amod |
| 21 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 folks | amod |
| 22 | w'ite | w'ite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 folks | compound |
| 23 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 have | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 done | punct |
| 25 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 done | nsubj |
| 26 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 have | parataxis |
| 27 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 done | advcl |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 29 im | punct |
| 29 | im | im | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 got | xcomp |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 bench | case |
| 31 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 34 bench | compound |
| 32 | mo'ners | mo'ner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 bench | nmod:poss |
| 33 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 32 mo'ners | case |
| 34 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 im | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 ef | punct |
| 36 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 ef | det |
| 37 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 39 ef | punct |
| 38 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 ef | compound |
| 39 | ef | ef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 bench | appos |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 come | nsubj |
| 41 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 ef | acl:relcl |
| 42 | down | down | ADV | _ | 43 strong | advmod |
| 43 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 oughter | amod |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 47 dat | case |
| 45 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 47 dat | compound |
| 46 | p'int | p'int | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 dat | compound |
| 47 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 oughter | compound |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 oughter | nsubj |
| 49 | oughter | oughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 come | obl |
| 50 | stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 oughter | appos |
| 51 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 52 fas | punct |
| 52 | fas | fa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 stan | appos |
| 53 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 52 fas | punct |
| 54 | by | by | ADP | _ | 55 de | case |
| 55 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 39 ef | obl |
| 56 | fokes | foke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 w'at | compound |
| 57 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 hope | nsubj |
| 58 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 ef | parataxis |
| 59 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 hope | obj |
| 60 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 wuz | compound |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 wuz | nsubj |
| 62 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 hope | xcomp |
| 63 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 trouble | case |
| 64 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 wuz | nmod |
| 65 | de | de | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 66 job | nmod:poss |
| 66 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 done | nsubj:pass |
| 67 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 done | aux |
| 68 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 trouble | acl:relcl |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holt | a mo'n dat and w'en | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | fack | infinitive | er | dat | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have | present | gits holt | yaller fever | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | do | participle | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | get | past | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | im | participle | you not said here | mo'ners's de bench | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | come down | present | you | a den ef not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ef=Theme | ||||
| 8 | oughter | dat | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | hope | present | fokes w'at | dat | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | wuz not said to happen | dat | trouble | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | do | present · passive | trouble not said here | de's job | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 12 | job | de | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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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