Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIV. That Deceitful Jug, sentence 12
Dar she sets," continued the old man, gazing at it reflectively, "dar she sets dez ez natchul ez er ambertype, an' yit whar's de man w'at kin tell w'at kinder confab she's a gwineter carry on w'en dat corn-cob is snatched outen 'er mouf?
Who acts: dar, dez, yit whar, w'at kinder confab, whar, gwineter · What happens: set, continue, gaze, ambertype, kin, tell · To what, where: Dar, old man, ez natchul ez er ambertype, gwineter, w'en, dat corn cob · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XIV. That Deceitful Jug. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dar, dez, yit whar, w'at kinder confab), 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 | Dar | Dar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 continued | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sets | nsubj |
| 3 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dar | acl:relcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dar | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dar | punct |
| 6 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 continued | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gazing | punct |
| 11 | gazing | gaze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 continued | advcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gazing | obl |
| 14 | reflectively | reflectively | ADV | _ | 11 gazing | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sets | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 dar | punct |
| 17 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sets | nsubj |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 sets | nsubj |
| 19 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 gazing | advcl:relcl |
| 20 | dez | dez | X | Foreign=Yes | 25 ambertype | nsubj |
| 21 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 ambertype | amod |
| 22 | natchul | natchul | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 ambertype | amod |
| 23 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 ambertype | amod |
| 24 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 ambertype | compound |
| 25 | ambertype | ambertype | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sets | ccomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 kin | punct |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 kin | det |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 kin | punct |
| 29 | yit | yit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 whar | compound |
| 30 | whar | whar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 kin | nsubj |
| 31 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 30 whar | case |
| 32 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 kin | amod |
| 33 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 w'at | compound |
| 34 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 kin | compound |
| 35 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tell | obl |
| 36 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 ambertype | acl:relcl |
| 37 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 confab | compound |
| 38 | kinder | kind | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 39 confab | amod |
| 39 | confab | confab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tell | obj |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 gwineter | nsubj |
| 41 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 gwineter | cop |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 gwineter | det |
| 43 | gwineter | gwineter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tell | ccomp |
| 44 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 gwineter | acl |
| 45 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 w'en | case |
| 46 | w'en | w'en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 carry | obl |
| 47 | dat | dat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 cob | amod |
| 48 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 cob | compound |
| 49 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 corn | punct |
| 50 | cob | cob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 snatched | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 snatched | aux:pass |
| 52 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 w'en | acl:relcl |
| 53 | outen | outen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 mouf | compound |
| 54 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 outen | punct |
| 55 | er | er | X | _ | 56 mouf | compound |
| 56 | mouf | mouf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 snatched | obj |
| 57 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | dar | Dar not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient dar=Result | ||||
| 2 | continue in a quote | past | Dar | the old man | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gaze in a quote | gerund | Dar not said here | at w'at; reflectively property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set | present | dar | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | ambertype | dez | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | kin | yit whar | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert | present | w'at kinder confab | ez natchul ez er ambertype not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ambertype=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | is a | present | whar | a gwineter | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | carry | infinitive | a gwineter not said here | w'en | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | snatch | present · passive | w'en not said here | dat corn cob | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary mouf=Theme |
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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