Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XI. the Emigrants, sentence 24
"Lemme tell you dis," said Uncle Remus, straightening up indignantly: "you go an' rob somebody an' git on de chain-gang, an' let de 'oman scratch 'roun' yer an' make 'er livin'; but don't you git on dem kyars--don't you do it.
Who acts: Lemme, Uncle Remus, you, oman, git, dem kyars · What happens: tell, say, straighten up, go, rob, let · To what, where: dis, you, somebody, de, oman · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XI. the Emigrants. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lemme, Uncle Remus, you, oman), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 tell | punct |
| 2 | Lemme | Lemme | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | iobj |
| 5 | dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tell | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 tell | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Remus | compound |
| 10 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 straightening | punct |
| 12 | straightening | straighten | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 said | advcl |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 straightening | compound:prt |
| 14 | indignantly | indignantly | ADV | _ | 12 straightening | advmod |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 go | nsubj |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | conj |
| 19 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 somebody | det |
| 20 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 rob | punct |
| 21 | rob | rob | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 somebody | compound |
| 22 | somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 go | obj |
| 23 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 git | det |
| 24 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 git | punct |
| 25 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 livin | nsubj |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 gang | case |
| 27 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 30 gang | compound |
| 28 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 gang | compound |
| 29 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 28 chain | punct |
| 30 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 git | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 roun | punct |
| 32 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 roun | det |
| 33 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 let | punct |
| 34 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 roun | csubj |
| 35 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 let | obj |
| 36 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 let | punct |
| 37 | oman | oman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 roun | nsubj |
| 38 | scratch | scratch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 roun | compound |
| 39 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 40 roun | punct |
| 40 | roun | roun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 git | appos |
| 41 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 40 roun | punct |
| 42 | yer | yer | PRON | Person=2 PronType=Prs | 48 livin | nsubj |
| 43 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 livin | det |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 45 make | punct |
| 45 | make | make | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 livin | compound |
| 46 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 45 make | punct |
| 47 | er | er | X | _ | 48 livin | compound |
| 48 | livin | livin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 somebody | appos |
| 49 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 48 livin | punct |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 do | punct |
| 51 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 52 do | cc |
| 52 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 53 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 54 you | advmod |
| 54 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 do | iobj |
| 55 | git | git | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 you | appos |
| 56 | on | on | ADP | _ | 58 kyars | case |
| 57 | dem | dem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 kyars | compound |
| 58 | kyars | kyar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 git | nmod |
| 59 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 60 do | punct |
| 60 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 kyars | acl |
| 61 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 63 do | advmod |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 63 do | nsubj |
| 63 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 do | advcl |
| 64 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 do | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | Lemme | dis | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient dis=Topic | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Uncle Remus | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | straighten up | gerund | Uncle Remus not said here | indignantly property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | go in a quote | present | you | somebody | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location somebody=Theme | ||||
| 5 | rob in a quote | infinitive | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | let in a quote | infinitive | de | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent de=Theme | |||||
| 7 | roun in a quote | oman | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | livin in a quote | a git on de chain gang | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | do in a quote | infinitive | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | |||||
| 10 | do in a quote | infinitive | dem kyars not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | not do in a quote | present | you | oman | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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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