Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace, sentence 38

I want no mo' skeer'd dan you is right now, en' I wuz fixin' fer ter give Mr. Dog a sample er my jaw,' sezee, 'but I'm de most ticklish chap w'at you ever laid eyes on, en no sooner did Mr. Dog put his nose down yer 'mong my ribs dan I got ter laughin', en I laughed twel I ain't had no use er my lim's,' sezee, 'en it's a mussy unto Mr. Dog dat I wuz ticklish, kaze a little mo' en I'd e't 'im up,' sezee. '

Who acts: I, mo, you, fer ter, en, ticklish chap w'at · What happens: want, dan, be, wuz, give, lay · To what, where: skeer dan, fixin, sample, Mr. Dog, eyes, Dog

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 (I, mo, you, fer ter), 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 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 mo	det
4	mo	mo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dan	nsubj
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 skeer	punct
6	skeer	skeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dan	compound
7	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 skeer	punct
8	dan	dan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 want	ccomp
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 now	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 now	cop
11	right	right	ADV	_	12 now	advmod
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 dan	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 en	punct
14	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dan	conj
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	17 wuz	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 wuz	nsubj
17	wuz	wuz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 en	parataxis
18	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wuz	obj
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 fixin	punct
20	fer	f	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 ter	amod
21	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 give	nsubj
22	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 wuz	conj
23	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Dog	compound
24	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 give	obj
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 sample	det
26	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 give	obj
27	er	er	ADP	_	29 jaw	case
28	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 jaw	nmod:poss
29	jaw	jaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sample	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 sezee	punct
31	'	'	PUNCT	_	32 sezee	punct
32	sezee	sezee	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sample	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct
34	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 de	cc
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 de	nsubj
37	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 de	cop
38	de	de	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 w'at	nmod:unmarked
39	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	40 ticklish	advmod
40	ticklish	ticklish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 w'at	amod
41	chap	chap	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 w'at	compound
42	w'at	w'at	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 put	nsubj
43	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 laid	nsubj
44	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	45 laid	advmod
45	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 w'at	acl:relcl
46	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 laid	obj
47	on	on	ADV	_	45 laid	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 en	punct
49	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 put	nsubj
50	no	no	ADV	_	51 sooner	advmod
51	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	52 did	advmod
52	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 en	acl:relcl
53	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 Dog	nmod:desc
54	Dog	Dog	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 did	obj
55	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 want	parataxis
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 nose	nmod:poss
57	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 put	obj
58	down	down	ADV	_	55 put	advmod
59	yer	y	ADV	Degree=Cmp	55 put	advmod
60	'	'	PUNCT	_	61 mong	punct
61	mong	mong	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 put	parataxis
62	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 ribs	nmod:poss
63	ribs	rib	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 dan	compound
64	dan	dan	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 got	nsubj
65	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	66 got	nsubj
66	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 mong	acl
67	ter	ter	X	_	70 en	compound
68	laughin	laughin	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 en	compound
69	',	',	PART	_	68 laughin	dep
70	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 laughed	nsubj
71	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	72 laughed	nsubj
72	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 got	conj
73	twel	twel	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 laughed	obj
74	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	77 had	nsubj
75	ai	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	77 had	aux
76	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	77 had	advmod
77	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 laughed	ccomp
78	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	79 use	det
79	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 had	obj
80	er	er	ADP	_	86 sezee	case
81	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	82 lim	nmod:poss
82	lim	lim	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 sezee	nsubj
83	's	's	PART	_	82 lim	case
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 sezee	punct
85	'	'	PUNCT	_	86 sezee	punct
86	sezee	sezee	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 use	nmod
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 en	punct
88	'	'	PUNCT	_	89 en	punct
89	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 sezee	conj
90	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 mussy	nsubj
91	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	93 mussy	cop
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	93 mussy	det
93	mussy	mussy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 en	nmod
94	unto	unto	ADP	_	96 Dog	case
95	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	96 Dog	nmod:desc
96	Dog	Dog	PROPN	Number=Sing	93 mussy	obl
97	dat	dat	PRON	PronType=Int	99 wuz	obj
98	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	99 wuz	nsubj
99	wuz	wuz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	93 mussy	acl:relcl
100	ticklish	ticklish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 wuz	xcomp
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 kaze	punct
102	kaze	kaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 sezee	conj
103	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	105 mo	det
104	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 mo	amod
105	mo	mo	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 had	obj
106	'	'	PUNCT	_	107 en	punct
107	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	105 mo	conj
108	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	110 e't	nsubj
109	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	110 e't	aux
110	e't	e't	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	107 en	acl:relcl
111	'	'	PUNCT	_	112 im	punct
112	im	im	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	110 e't	conj
113	up	up	ADP	_	112 im	compound:prt
114	,	,	PUNCT	_	116 sezee	punct
115	'	'	PUNCT	_	116 sezee	punct
116	sezee	sezee	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 im	obl
117	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct
118	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	I					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	dan		no mo					tree rules
3	is	present	you	skeer dan and en not said here			now, right property	tree rules
4	wuz	present	I	fixin				tree rules
5	give	present	fer ter	a sample and sezee	Mr. Dog			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient sample=Theme
6	is	present	I				de property	tree rules
7	lay	past	you	eyes		ever		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Result
8	do	past	en not said here	Dog Mr.			soon property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality
9	put down	past	ticklish chap w'at	w'at's nose			down property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent nose=Goal
10	get	past	ribs dan	mong not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mong=Stimulus
11	laugh	past	ter laughin en	twel				tree rules
12	not have	present	I	no use			er sezee and en and kaze	tree rules
13	is	present	lim				unto Dog Mr.; mussy property	tree rules
14	wuz	present	I	dat			ticklish property	tree rules
15	e't	would	I	en not said here				tree rules
16	im up	participle	I not said here	sezee				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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