Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace, sentence 2

Brer Coon, he wuz one er deze yer natchul pacers, en he racked 'long same ez Mars John's bay pony, en Brer Possum he went in a han'-gallup; en dey got over heap er groun, mon. Brer Possum, he got his belly full er 'simmons, en Brer Coon, he scoop up a 'bunnunce er frogs en tadpoles.

Who acts: Brer, en, en dey, dey, belly, er frogs · What happens: wuz, rack, go, get over, heap, get · To what, where: one er deze, long same ez, han, groun, simmons

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, en, en dey, dey), 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	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wuz	nsubj
2	Coon	Coon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Brer	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wuz	nsubj
5	wuz	wuz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 deze	nummod
7	er	er	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deze	compound
8	deze	deze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wuz	obj
9	yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pacers	nmod:poss
10	natchul	natchul	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pacers	amod
11	pacers	pacer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 deze	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 en	punct
13	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deze	conj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 racked	nsubj
15	racked	rack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 en	acl:relcl
16	'	'	PUNCT	_	19 ez	punct
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ez	amod
18	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ez	amod
19	ez	ez	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 racked	obj
20	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 John	compound
21	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 pony	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 John	case
23	bay	bay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 pony	amod
24	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ez	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 en	punct
26	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 went	nsubj
27	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Possum	compound
28	Possum	Possum	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 en	appos
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 went	nsubj
30	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 ez	acl:relcl
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 han	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 han	det
33	han	han	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 went	obl
34	'	'	PUNCT	_	33 han	punct
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 gallup	punct
36	gallup	Gallup	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 han	appos
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 got	punct
38	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 dey	compound
39	dey	dey	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 got	nsubj
40	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wuz	parataxis
41	over	over	ADV	_	42 heap	advmod
42	heap	heap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 got	xcomp
43	er	e	ADV	Degree=Cmp	44 groun	advmod
44	groun	groun	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 heap	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Brer	punct
46	mon.	Monday	PROPN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	47 Brer	compound
47	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 groun	appos
48	Possum	Possum	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Brer	flat
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 got	punct
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 got	nsubj
51	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 got	conj
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 belly	nmod:poss
53	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 er	nsubj
54	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 er	amod
55	er	er	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 got	obj
56	'	'	PUNCT	_	55 er	punct
57	simmons	simmon	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 got	obj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 en	punct
59	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 simmons	conj
60	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 en	appos
61	Coon	Coon	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 Brer	flat
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 scoop	punct
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 scoop	nsubj
64	scoop	scoop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wuz	conj
65	up	up	ADP	_	64 scoop	compound:prt
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 tadpoles	det
67	'	'	PUNCT	_	70 frogs	punct
68	bunnunce	bunnunce	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 er	compound
69	er	er	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 frogs	compound
70	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 tadpoles	nsubj
71	en	en	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 tadpoles	amod
72	tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 scoop	obj
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wuz	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wuz	present	Brer	one er deze yer's natchul pacers and en			tree rules
2	rack	past	Brer	long same ez Mars John's bay pony			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ez=Patient
3	go	past	en	long same ez Mars John's bay pony not said here	a han		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ez=Theme
4	get over	past	en dey				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	heap	infinitive	en dey not said here	groun		over property	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent groun=Theme
6	get	past	dey	simmons and en			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer simmon=Stimulus
7	er		Brer's belly				tree rules
8	scoop up	infinitive	dey				vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
9	tadpole		er frogs				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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