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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XII. As a Murderer, sentence 15

Hit's bin sorter growin' on me, an' it come ter a head dis mawnin', 'less my name ain't Remus, an' dat's w'at dey bin er callin' me sence I wuz ole er 'nuff fer ter scratch myse'f wid my lef' han'."

Who acts: growin, I, fer ter scratch myse'f, my · What happens: come, wuz, wi, name · To what, where: ole er, lef

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XII. As a Murderer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (growin, I, fer ter scratch myse'f, my), 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

nmod:posscasecompoundcompoundpunctcaseoblpunctdetpunctnsubjconjcasedetcompoundcompoundobldeppunctadvmodnmod:possnsubjparataxisadvmodobjpunctdetpunctnmod:posscasecompoundcompoundcompoundpunctappospunctiobjapposnsubjacl:relclamodobjpunctapposamodcompoundcompoundnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctappospunctpunctpunctrootHitPROPN'sPARTbinNOUNsorterNOUNgrowinNOUN'PUNCTonADPmePRON,PUNCTanDET'PUNCTitPRONcomeVERBterADPaDETheadNOUNdisNOUNmawninNOUN',PART'PUNCTlessADVmyPRONnameNOUNaiAUXn'tPARTRemusPROPN,PUNCTanDET'PUNCTdatNOUN'sPARTw'atNOUNdeyNOUNbinNOUNerPUNCTcallinNOUN'PUNCTmePRONsenceNOUNIPRONwuzVERBoleADJerNOUN'PUNCTnuffNOUNferADJterNOUNscratchNOUNmyse'fNOUNwidVERBmyPRONlefNOUN'PUNCThanNOUN'PUNCT.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HitHitPROPNNumber=Sing5 growinnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Hitcase
3binbinNOUNNumber=Sing5 growincompound
4sortersorterNOUNNumber=Sing5 growincompound
5growingrowinNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6''PUNCT_5 growinpunct
7ononADP_8 mecase
8meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 growinobl
9,,PUNCT_13 comepunct
10anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 comedet
11''PUNCT_13 comepunct
12ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 comensubj
13comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 growinconj
14terterADP_18 mawnincase
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 mawnindet
16headheadNOUNNumber=Sing17 discompound
17disdisNOUNNumber=Sing18 mawnincompound
18mawninmawninNOUNNumber=Sing13 comeobl
19',',PART_18 mawnindep
20''PUNCT_24 aipunct
21lesslessADVDegree=Cmp24 aiadvmod
22mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 namenmod:poss
23namenameNOUNNumber=Sing24 ainsubj
24aibeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 mawninparataxis
25n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg26 Remusadvmod
26RemusRemusPROPNNumber=Sing24 aiobj
27,,PUNCT_39 sencepunct
28anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 sencedet
29''PUNCT_34 binpunct
30datdatNOUNNumber=Sing32 w'atnmod:poss
31's'sPART_30 datcase
32w'atw'atNOUNNumber=Sing33 deycompound
33deydeyNOUNNumber=Sing34 bincompound
34binbinNOUNNumber=Sing39 sencecompound
35ererPUNCT_36 callinpunct
36callincallinNOUNNumber=Sing34 binappos
37''PUNCT_36 callinpunct
38meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs34 biniobj
39sencesenceNOUNNumber=Sing26 Remusappos
40IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs41 wuznsubj
41wuzwuzVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 senceacl:relcl
42oleoleADJDegree=Pos43 eramod
43ererNOUNNumber=Sing41 wuzobj
44''PUNCT_45 nuffpunct
45nuffnuffNOUNNumber=Sing43 erappos
46ferfADJDegree=Cmp49 myse'famod
47terterNOUNNumber=Sing49 myse'fcompound
48scratchscratchNOUNNumber=Sing49 myse'fcompound
49myse'fmyse'fNOUNNumber=Sing50 widnsubj
50widwiVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 nuffacl:relcl
51mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 lefnmod:poss
52leflefNOUNNumber=Sing50 widobj
53''PUNCT_54 hanpunct
54hanhanNOUNNumber=Sing52 lefappos
55''PUNCT_54 hanpunct
56..PUNCT_5 growinpunct
57""PUNCT_5 growinpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentgrowinter a dis mawninvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2wuzpresentIole ertree rules
3wipastfer ter scratch myse'fmy leftree rules
4namemynom name «communication transitive»: 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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