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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXI. the Fourth of July, sentence 14

Dat's me, up an' down, an' I boun' dere's a nigger some'rs on de road dis blessid day dat's got dis put away in his 'membunce."

Who acts: I, dere, nigger, dat · What happens: boun, be, some'r, get, put away · To what, where: nigger, boun, dis, membunce

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXI. the Fourth of July. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, dere, nigger, dat), 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

nmod:posscasepunctcasedetpunctconjpunctdetpunctnsubjappospunctnsubjcopdetnsubjacl:relclcasecasecompoundcompoundamodoblnsubjauxacl:relclobjacladvmodcasenmod:posspunctoblpunctpunctrootDatPROPN'sPARTmePRON,PUNCTupADPanDET'PUNCTdownADV,PUNCTanDET'PUNCTIPRONbounNOUN'PUNCTdereNOUN'sAUXaDETniggerNOUNsome'rsVERBonADPdeADProadNOUNdisNOUNblessidADJdayNOUNdatNOUN'sAUXgotVERBdisNOUNputVERBawayADVinADPhisPRON'PUNCTmembunceNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DatDatPROPNNumber=Sing3 menmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Datcase
3meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prsrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 downpunct
5upupADP_8 downcase
6anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 downdet
7''PUNCT_8 downpunct
8downdownADV_3 meconj
9,,PUNCT_13 bounpunct
10anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 boundet
11''PUNCT_13 bounpunct
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs13 bounnsubj
13bounbounNOUNNumber=Sing8 downappos
14''PUNCT_18 niggerpunct
15deredereNOUNNumber=Sing18 niggernsubj
16'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 niggercop
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 niggerdet
18niggerniggerNOUNNumber=Sing19 some'rsnsubj
19some'rssome'rVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 bounacl:relcl
20ononADP_25 daycase
21dedeADP_25 daycase
22roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing23 discompound
23disdisNOUNNumber=Sing25 daycompound
24blessidblessidADJDegree=Pos25 dayamod
25daydayNOUNNumber=Sing19 some'rsobl
26datdatNOUNNumber=Sing28 gotnsubj
27'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 gotaux
28gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part25 dayacl:relcl
29disdisNOUNNumber=Sing28 gotobj
30putputVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 disacl
31awayawayADV_30 putadvmod
32ininADP_35 membuncecase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 membuncenmod:poss
34''PUNCT_35 membuncepunct
35membuncemembunceNOUNNumber=Sing30 putobl
36..PUNCT_13 bounpunct
37""PUNCT_3 mepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bounItree rules
2is apresentderea niggertree rules
3some'rpresenta niggera boun not said heredaytree rules
4getpresent · passivedatdisvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dis=Stimulus
5put awayparticipledis not said heredat's membunceaway propertyvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in membunce=Destination

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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