Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIV. That Deceitful Jug, sentence 5
I got dat jug down dar in Putmon County w'en Mars 'Lisha Ferryman wuz a young man, an' now he's done growed up, an' got ole an' died, an' his chilluns is growed up an' dey kin count dere gran'chilluns, an' yit dar's dat jug des ez lively an' ez lierbul fer ter kick up devilment ez w'at she wuz w'en she come fum de foundry."
Who acts: I, Lisha, dey kin, kin · What happens: get down, wuz, do, growe up, get, die · To what, where: jug, young man, Putmon County, an, ole, chilluns
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 (I, Lisha, dey kin, kin), 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 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | dat | that | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 jug | det |
| 4 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 got | compound:prt |
| 6 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 County | case |
| 8 | Putmon | Putmon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 County | compound |
| 9 | County | County | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 wuz | obl |
| 10 | w'en | w'en | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 County | flat |
| 11 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Lisha | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 11 Mars | case |
| 13 | Lisha | Lisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 wuz | nsubj |
| 14 | Ferryman | Ferryman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Lisha | flat |
| 15 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | parataxis |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 man | det |
| 17 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 man | amod |
| 18 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wuz | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 done | punct |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 done | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 done | punct |
| 22 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 done | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 done | nsubj |
| 24 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | aux |
| 25 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 man | acl:relcl |
| 26 | growed | growe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 done | xcomp |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 growed | compound:prt |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 got | punct |
| 29 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 got | det |
| 30 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 got | punct |
| 31 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | parataxis |
| 32 | ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 got | obj |
| 33 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 ole | appos |
| 34 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 died | punct |
| 35 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 an | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 growed | punct |
| 37 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 growed | det |
| 38 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 42 growed | punct |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 chilluns | nmod:poss |
| 40 | chilluns | chillun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 growed | nsubj |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 growed | aux:pass |
| 42 | growed | growe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 count | advcl |
| 43 | up | up | ADP | _ | 42 growed | compound:prt |
| 44 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 kin | det |
| 45 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 kin | punct |
| 46 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 kin | compound |
| 47 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 count | nsubj |
| 48 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 died | parataxis |
| 49 | dere | dere | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 gran'chilluns | compound |
| 50 | gran'chilluns | gran'chillun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 count | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 jug | punct |
| 52 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 dar | det |
| 53 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 55 dar | punct |
| 54 | yit | yit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 dar | compound |
| 55 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 jug | nmod:poss |
| 56 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 55 dar | case |
| 57 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 jug | compound |
| 58 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 gran'chilluns | appos |
| 59 | des | des | X | Foreign=Yes | 60 ez | det |
| 60 | ez | ez | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 72 w'at | advmod |
| 61 | lively | lively | ADV | _ | 72 w'at | advmod |
| 62 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 72 w'at | det |
| 63 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 68 kick | punct |
| 64 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 ter | amod |
| 65 | lierbul | lierbul | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 ter | amod |
| 66 | fer | fer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 ter | compound |
| 67 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 kick | compound |
| 68 | kick | kick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 72 w'at | compound |
| 69 | up | up | ADP | _ | 68 kick | compound:prt |
| 70 | devilment | devilment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 kick | obj |
| 71 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 w'at | amod |
| 72 | w'at | w'at | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 jug | nmod |
| 73 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 wuz | nsubj |
| 74 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 72 w'at | acl:relcl |
| 75 | w'en | w'en | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 74 wuz | obj |
| 76 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 77 come | nsubj |
| 77 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 74 wuz | parataxis |
| 78 | fum | fum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 come | obj |
| 79 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 78 fum | flat:foreign |
| 80 | foundry | foundry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 fum | conj |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| 82 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get down | past | I | that jug | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wuz | present | Mars's Lisha | a young man | Putmon County | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | present · passive | an | now | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | growe up | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | get | past | ole | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ole=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | die | past | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||||
| 7 | growe up | present · passive | Lisha's chilluns | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | count | present | a dey kin | dere gran'chilluns | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran'chillun=Theme | ||||
| 9 | kick up | infinitive | devilment | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent devilment=Patient | |||||
| 10 | wuz | present | kin | w'en | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | come | infinitive | kin | fum and foundry | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fum=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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