Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Race Improvement, sentence 7
I speck I is a gittin' mo frailer dan I wuz 'fo' de fahmin days wuz over, but I sees wid my eyes an' I years wid my year, same ez enny er dese yer young bucks w'at goes a gallopin' roun' huntin' up devilment, an' w'en I sees de limberness er dese yer cullud people, an' w'en I sees how dey er dancin' up, den I gits sorter hopeful.
Who acts: I, fahmin days, same ez enny, w'en · What happens: speck, be, wuz, wuz over, see, wi · To what, where: frailer dan, mo, wid eyes, gallopin, limberness er dese, dey er dancin
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 (I, fahmin days, same ez enny, w'en), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 speck | nsubj |
| 2 | speck | speck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 mo | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mo | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gittin | det |
| 6 | gittin | gittin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mo | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 gittin | case |
| 8 | mo | mo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 speck | ccomp |
| 9 | frailer | frail | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 dan | amod |
| 10 | dan | dan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 speck | obj |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 wuz | nsubj |
| 12 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 speck | parataxis |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 fo | punct |
| 14 | fo | for | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 18 days | case |
| 15 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 fo | punct |
| 16 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 14 fo | flat:foreign |
| 17 | fahmin | fahmin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 days | compound |
| 18 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 wuz | nsubj |
| 19 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 wuz | conj |
| 20 | over | over | ADV | _ | 19 wuz | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sees | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 sees | cc |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 sees | nsubj |
| 24 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 speck | conj |
| 25 | wid | wid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 eyes | amod |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 27 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 sees | obj |
| 28 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 eyes | appos |
| 29 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 wid | punct |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 wid | nsubj |
| 31 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 wid | nsubj |
| 32 | wid | wi | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 an | acl:relcl |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 year | nmod:poss |
| 34 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 wid | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 enny | punct |
| 36 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 enny | amod |
| 37 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 enny | amod |
| 38 | enny | enny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 goes | nsubj |
| 39 | er | e | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 40 dese | advmod |
| 40 | dese | dese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 enny | amod |
| 41 | yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 bucks | nmod:poss |
| 42 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 bucks | amod |
| 43 | bucks | buck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 w'at | compound |
| 44 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 goes | nsubj |
| 45 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 wid | conj |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 gallopin | det |
| 47 | gallopin | gallopin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 goes | obj |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 huntin | punct |
| 49 | roun | roun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 huntin | compound |
| 50 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 huntin | punct |
| 51 | huntin | huntin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 gallopin | conj |
| 52 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 51 huntin | punct |
| 53 | up | up | ADP | _ | 54 devilment | case |
| 54 | devilment | devilment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 huntin | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 sees | punct |
| 56 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 w'en | det |
| 57 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 58 w'en | punct |
| 58 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 sees | nsubj |
| 59 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 60 sees | nsubj |
| 60 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 huntin | advcl:relcl |
| 61 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 62 limberness | compound |
| 62 | limberness | limberness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 dese | compound |
| 63 | er | er | X | _ | 64 dese | compound |
| 64 | dese | dese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 sees | obj |
| 65 | yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 people | nmod:poss |
| 66 | cullud | cullud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 people | compound |
| 67 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 dese | appos |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 sees | punct |
| 69 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 71 w'en | det |
| 70 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 71 w'en | punct |
| 71 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 sees | nsubj |
| 72 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 73 sees | nsubj |
| 73 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 people | conj |
| 74 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 77 dancin | advmod |
| 75 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 dancin | compound |
| 76 | er | er | X | _ | 77 dancin | compound |
| 77 | dancin | dancin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 sees | obj |
| 78 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 77 dancin | punct |
| 79 | up | up | ADP | _ | 77 dancin | compound |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 den | punct |
| 81 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 dancin | conj |
| 82 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 85 hopeful | nsubj |
| 83 | gits | git | NOUN | Number=Plur | 82 I | nmod:unmarked |
| 84 | sorter | sort | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 85 hopeful | advmod |
| 85 | hopeful | hopeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 81 den | acl:relcl |
| 86 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 speck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speck | present | I | frailer dan | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | I | a gittin's mo | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wuz | present | I | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | wuz over | present | fahmin days | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | see | present | I | my wid eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | wi | past | I | year | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | go | present | same ez enny | a gallopin and roun huntin up devilment | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gallopin=Theme | ||||
| 8 | see | present | a w'en | limberness er dese | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dese=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | see | present | a w'en | dey er dancin and den | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dancin=Stimulus |
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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