Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, X. a Case of Measles, sentence 19
I kep' on linger'n' 'roun' sorter keepin' one eye on the rheumatiz an' de udder on de distemper, twel, bimeby, I begin fer ter feel de trestle-wuk give way, an' den I des know'd dat I wuz gwineter gitter racket.
Who acts: I, fer ter, de trestle wuk · What happens: kep, begin, feel, give, know, dat · To what, where: roun sorter keepin, way, den, gwineter
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, X. a Case of Measles. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, fer ter, de trestle wuk), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 kep | nsubj |
| 2 | kep | kep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 kep | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 linger'n | case |
| 5 | linger'n | linger'n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 keepin | obl |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 linger'n | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 roun | punct |
| 8 | roun | roun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 keepin | compound |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 roun | punct |
| 10 | sorter | sorter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 keepin | compound |
| 11 | keepin | keepin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kep | obl |
| 12 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 keepin | punct |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 eye | nummod |
| 14 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 keepin | appos |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 rheumatiz | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 rheumatiz | det |
| 17 | rheumatiz | rheumatiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 eye | nmod |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 udder | det |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 udder | punct |
| 20 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 udder | compound |
| 21 | udder | udder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 rheumatiz | appos |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 distemper | case |
| 23 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 distemper | compound |
| 24 | distemper | distemper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 udder | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 twel | punct |
| 26 | twel | twel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 distemper | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 bimeby | punct |
| 28 | bimeby | bimeby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 distemper | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 begin | punct |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 begin | nsubj |
| 31 | begin | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 udder | parataxis |
| 32 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 33 ter | amod |
| 33 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 feel | nsubj |
| 34 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 begin | ccomp |
| 35 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 wuk | amod |
| 36 | trestle | trestle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wuk | compound |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 trestle | punct |
| 38 | wuk | wuk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 give | nsubj |
| 39 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 feel | ccomp |
| 40 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 give | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 dat | punct |
| 42 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 den | det |
| 43 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 44 den | punct |
| 44 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 dat | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 know | nsubj |
| 46 | des | des | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 know | det |
| 47 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 den | acl:relcl |
| 48 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 dat | aux |
| 49 | dat | dat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 feel | advcl |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 wuz | nsubj |
| 51 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 dat | conj |
| 52 | gwineter | gwineter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 wuz | obj |
| 53 | gitter | gitt | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 54 racket | amod |
| 54 | racket | racket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 gwineter | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kep | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kep | present | I | roun sorter keepin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | begin | present | I | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | feel | present | fer ter | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | give | present | de trestle wuk | way | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 5 | know | present | I | a den not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer den=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | dat | would · passive | a den | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | wuz | present | I | gwineter and gitter racket | 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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