Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XV. the Florida Watermelon, sentence 17

Bimeby a little pain showed 'is head an' sorter m'andered roun' like he wuz a lookin' fer a good place fer ter ketch holt, an' den a great big pain jump up an' take atter de little one an' chase 'im 'roun' an' 'roun,' an' he mus' er kotch 'im, kaze bimeby de big pain retch down an' grab dis yer lef' leg--so--an' haul 'im up, an' den he retch down an grab de udder one an' pull him up, an' den de wah begun, sho nuff.

Who acts: Bimeby, sorter, place, great big pain, chase, roun · What happens: show, be, m'ander, wuz, holt, jump up · To what, where: head, roun, fer, take little one, atter, grab dis

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XV. the Florida Watermelon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bimeby, sorter, place, great big pain), 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	Bimeby	Bimeby	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 showed	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pain	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pain	amod
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bimeby	appos
5	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 showed	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 head	cop
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showed	obl:unmarked
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 m'andered	det
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 m'andered	punct
11	sorter	sorter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 m'andered	nsubj
12	m'andered	m'ander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 head	acl:relcl
13	roun	roun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 m'andered	obj
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	37 jump	punct
15	like	like	SCONJ	_	17 wuz	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 wuz	nsubj
17	wuz	wuz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 jump	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 lookin	det
19	lookin	lookin	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fer	nmod:poss
20	'	's	PART	_	19 lookin	case
21	fer	fer	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wuz	obj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 holt	det
23	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 holt	amod
24	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 holt	nsubj
25	fer	fer	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 holt	nsubj
26	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 holt	compound
27	ketch	ketch	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 holt	compound
28	holt	holt	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wuz	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 den	punct
30	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 den	det
31	'	'	PUNCT	_	32 den	punct
32	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 holt	conj
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 pain	det
34	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 pain	amod
35	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 pain	amod
36	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 jump	nsubj
37	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 roun	conj
38	up	up	ADV	_	37 jump	advmod
39	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 one	det
40	'	'	PUNCT	_	41 take	punct
41	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	45 one	compound
42	atter	atter	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 take	obj
43	de	de	ADP	_	45 one	case
44	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 one	amod
45	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 jump	obj
46	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 chase	det
47	'	'	PUNCT	_	48 chase	punct
48	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 roun	nsubj
49	'	'	PUNCT	_	48 chase	punct
50	im	im	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	52 roun	nsubj
51	'	'	PUNCT	_	52 roun	punct
52	roun	roun	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 one	acl:relcl
53	'	'	PUNCT	_	52 roun	punct
54	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 roun	det
55	'	'	PUNCT	_	57 roun	punct
56	'	's	PART	_	55 '	case
57	roun	roun	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 retch	nsubj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 mus	punct
59	'	'	PUNCT	_	63 mus	punct
60	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 mus	det
61	'	'	PUNCT	_	63 mus	punct
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 mus	nsubj
63	mus	mus	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 roun	appos
64	'	'	PUNCT	_	63 mus	punct
65	er	er	X	_	66 kotch	compound
66	kotch	kotch	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 mus	conj
67	'	'	PUNCT	_	68 im	punct
68	im	im	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 kotch	conj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 kaze	punct
70	kaze	kaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 roun	conj
71	bimeby	bimeby	ADV	_	75 retch	advmod
72	de	de	ADV	_	75 retch	advmod
73	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 pain	amod
74	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 retch	nsubj
75	retch	retch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 roun	acl:relcl
76	down	down	ADP	_	75 retch	compound:prt
77	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 dis	det
78	'	'	PUNCT	_	80 dis	punct
79	grab	grab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 dis	amod
80	dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 retch	obj
81	yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	82 lef	nmod:poss
82	lef	lef	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 leg	compound
83	'	'	PUNCT	_	82 lef	punct
84	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 dis	conj
85	--	--	PUNCT	_	92 im	punct
86	so	so	ADV	_	92 im	advmod
87	--	--	PUNCT	_	92 im	punct
88	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	90 haul	det
89	'	'	PUNCT	_	90 haul	punct
90	haul	haul	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 im	nsubj
91	'	'	PUNCT	_	90 haul	punct
92	im	im	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 m'andered	parataxis
93	up	up	ADP	_	92 im	compound:prt
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 retch	punct
95	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	97 den	det
96	'	'	PUNCT	_	97 den	punct
97	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 retch	nsubj
98	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	99 retch	nsubj
99	retch	retch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	92 im	conj
100	down	down	ADP	_	99 retch	compound:prt
101	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	104 udder	det
102	grab	grab	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 udder	compound
103	de	de	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 udder	compound
104	udder	udder	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 retch	obl
105	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	104 udder	flat
106	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	108 pull	det
107	'	'	PUNCT	_	108 pull	punct
108	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	105 one	acl:relcl
109	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	108 pull	obj
110	up	up	ADP	_	108 pull	compound:prt
111	,	,	PUNCT	_	114 den	punct
112	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	114 den	det
113	'	'	PUNCT	_	114 den	punct
114	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 pull	obl
115	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	114 den	flat:foreign
116	wah	wah	ADV	PronType=Int	117 begun	advmod
117	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	108 pull	advcl
118	,	,	PUNCT	_	120 nuff	punct
119	sho	sho	NOUN	_	120 nuff	compound
120	nuff	nuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	117 begun	obj
121	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 showed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	past	Bimeby			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		head		tree rules
3	m'ander	past	sorter	roun		tree rules
4	wuz	present	sorter	a lookin's fer		tree rules
5	holt		place			tree rules
6	jump up	infinitive	a great big pain	a take little one		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Trajectory
7	take	infinitive		atter		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent atter=Theme
8	roun		a chase	a take little one not said here		tree rules
9	mus		sorter			tree rules
10	retch down	infinitive	a roun and kaze	a grab dis and lef leg	bimeby property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dis=Theme
11	im up	participle	a haul			tree rules
12	retch down	infinitive	a den	a grab de udder		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	pull up	infinitive		sorter	a den obl	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result
14	begin	participle		sho nuff	wah property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nuff=Eventuality

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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