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Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox, sentence 1

ONE evening when the little boy, whose nights with Uncle Remus were as entertaining as those Arabian ones of blessed memory, had finished supper and hurried out to sit with his venerable patron, he found the old man in great glee.

Who acts: little boy, boy · What happens: be, finish, hurry out, sit, find · To what, where: ONE evening, old man, great glee

This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little boy, boy), 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

nummodnsubj:passmarkdetamodnsubjpunctnmod:possnmodcasecompoundnmodcopadvmodaclcasedetamodoblcaseamodnmodpunctauxobjccconjcompound:prtmarkadvclcasenmod:possamodoblpunctnsubjparataxisdetamodobjcaseamodoblpunctrootONENUMeveningNOUNwhenSCONJtheDETlittleADJboyNOUN,PUNCTwhosePRONnightsNOUNwithADPUnclePROPNRemusPROPNwereAUXasADVentertainingADJasADPthoseDETArabianADJonesNOUNofADPblessedADJmemoryNOUN,PUNCThadAUXfinishedVERBsupperNOUNandCCONJhurriedVERBoutADPtoPARTsitVERBwithADPhisPRONvenerableADJpatronNOUN,PUNCThePRONfoundVERBtheDEToldADJmanNOUNinADPgreatADJgleeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ONEoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 eveningnummod
2eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing25 finishednsubj:pass
3whenwhenSCONJ_15 entertainingmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 boydet
5littlelittleADJDegree=Pos6 boyamod
6boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing15 entertainingnsubj
7,,PUNCT_9 nightspunct
8whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel9 nightsnmod:poss
9nightsnightNOUNNumber=Plur6 boynmod
10withwithADP_12 Remuscase
11UncleUnclePROPNNumber=Sing12 Remuscompound
12RemusRemusPROPNNumber=Sing9 nightsnmod
13werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 entertainingcop
14asasADV_15 entertainingadvmod
15entertainingentertainingADJDegree=Pos2 eveningacl
16asasADP_19 onescase
17thosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem19 onesdet
18ArabianArabianADJDegree=Pos19 onesamod
19onesoneNOUNNumber=Plur15 entertainingobl
20ofofADP_22 memorycase
21blessedblessedADJDegree=Pos22 memoryamod
22memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing19 onesnmod
23,,PUNCT_2 eveningpunct
24hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 finishedaux
25finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
26suppersupperNOUNNumber=Sing25 finishedobj
27andandCCONJ_28 hurriedcc
28hurriedhurryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 finishedconj
29outoutADP_28 hurriedcompound:prt
30totoPART_31 sitmark
31sitsitVERBVerbForm=Inf28 hurriedadvcl
32withwithADP_35 patroncase
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 patronnmod:poss
34venerablevenerableADJDegree=Pos35 patronamod
35patronpatronNOUNNumber=Sing31 sitobl
36,,PUNCT_38 foundpunct
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 foundnsubj
38foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 finishedparataxis
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 mandet
40oldoldADJDegree=Pos41 manamod
41manmanNOUNNumber=Sing38 foundobj
42ininADP_44 gleecase
43greatgreatADJDegree=Pos44 gleeamod
44gleegleeNOUNNumber=Sing38 foundobl
45..PUNCT_25 finishedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe little boy the little boy the little boy's nights with Uncle Remus's nights with Uncle Remusas that Arabian ones of blessed memory; entertaining propertytree rules
2finishpast · perfect · passiveONE eveningtree rules
3hurry outparticiplevn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4sitto-infinitivewith boy's venerable patronvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5findpastboythe old mangreat gleevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic

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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