Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIV. That Deceitful Jug, sentence 65
"An' I boun'," continued Uncle Remus, driving the corn-cob stopper a little tighter in his deceitful jug and gathering up his bag--"an' I boun' dat my ole muskit 'll go off 'tween me an' dat same nigger yit, an' he'll be at de bad een', an' dis seetful jug'll 'fuse ter go ter de funer'l."
Who acts: agricultural editor, boun, ole muskit, dat, muskit, fuse ter · What happens: boun, continue, drive, gather up, go off, yit · To what, where: Uncle Remus, cob stopper, bag, tween, de bad een, ter funer'l · 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 (agricultural editor, boun, ole muskit, dat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 boun | punct |
| 2 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boun | det |
| 3 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 An | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 boun | nsubj |
| 5 | boun | boun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 continued | nsubj |
| 6 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 5 boun | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 boun | punct |
| 8 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Remus | compound |
| 10 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 continued | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 driving | punct |
| 12 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 continued | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 stopper | det |
| 14 | corn | corn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cob | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 corn | punct |
| 16 | cob | cob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 stopper | compound |
| 17 | stopper | stopper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 driving | obj |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 little | det |
| 19 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 tighter | obl |
| 20 | tighter | tight | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 driving | xcomp |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 jug | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 jug | nmod:poss |
| 23 | deceitful | deceitful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 jug | amod |
| 24 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 tighter | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 gathering | cc |
| 26 | gathering | gather | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 driving | conj |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 gathering | compound:prt |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 bag | nmod:poss |
| 29 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 gathering | obj |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 35 boun | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 boun | punct |
| 32 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 boun | det |
| 33 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 boun | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 boun | nsubj |
| 35 | boun | boun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 continued | parataxis |
| 36 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 35 boun | punct |
| 37 | dat | dat | SCONJ | _ | 42 go | mark |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 muskit | nmod:poss |
| 39 | ole | ole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 muskit | amod |
| 40 | muskit | muskit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 go | nsubj |
| 41 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 go | aux |
| 42 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 continued | advcl |
| 43 | off | off | ADP | _ | 42 go | compound:prt |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 45 tween | punct |
| 45 | tween | tween | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 42 go | obl |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 go | obl:unmarked |
| 47 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 yit | det |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 52 yit | punct |
| 49 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 yit | nsubj |
| 50 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 yit | amod |
| 51 | nigger | nigger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 yit | compound |
| 52 | yit | yit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 go | parataxis |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 een | punct |
| 54 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 een | det |
| 55 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 62 een | punct |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 een | nsubj |
| 57 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 een | aux |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 62 een | cop |
| 59 | at | at | ADP | _ | 62 een | case |
| 60 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 een | amod |
| 61 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 een | amod |
| 62 | een | een | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 yit | conj |
| 63 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 73 go | punct |
| 64 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 jug | det |
| 65 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 68 jug | punct |
| 66 | dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 jug | compound |
| 67 | seetful | seetful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 jug | amod |
| 68 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 ter | nmod:poss |
| 69 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 70 ' | aux |
| 70 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 68 jug | case |
| 71 | fuse | fuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 ter | compound |
| 72 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 go | nsubj |
| 73 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 een | parataxis |
| 74 | ter | ter | X | _ | 76 funer'l | compound |
| 75 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 74 ter | flat:foreign |
| 76 | funer'l | funer'l | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 go | obj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 73 go | punct |
| 78 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 73 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boun in a quote | the agricultural editor = editor | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | continue | past | a boun | Uncle Remus | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | drive | gerund | a boun not said here | the cob stopper | tight property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme stopper=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | gather up | gerund | a boun not said here | boun's bag | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | ||||
| 5 | boun in a quote | the agricultural editor = editor | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | go off in a quote | future | my ole muskit | tween | me obl:unmarked | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | |||
| 7 | yit in a quote | dat | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | is in a quote | future | muskit | a de bad een | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | go in a quote | infinitive | a dis seetful jug's fuse ter | ter funer'l | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location funer'l=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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