Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox, sentence 57
"Co'se Brer Rabbit know de game dat Brer Fox wuz fixin' fer ter play, en he 'termin' fer ter outdo 'im, en by de time he koam his ha'r en twis' his mustarsh, en sorter rig up, yer come Brer Fox, saddle en bridle on, en lookin' ez peart ez a circus pony.
Who acts: Fox, fer ter, ter, mustarsh · What happens: know, termin, outdo, koam, rig up, come · To what, where: Co'se, im, ha'r en twis, Brer Fox, en bridle
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 (Fox, fer ter, ter, mustarsh), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Co'se | punct |
| 2 | Co'se | Co'se | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 know | obl |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Co'se | flat |
| 4 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Co'se | flat |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dat | amod |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dat | compound |
| 8 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixin | compound |
| 9 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Fox | compound |
| 10 | Fox | Fox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 dat | appos |
| 11 | wuz | wuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixin | compound |
| 12 | fixin | fixin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | ccomp |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 fixin | punct |
| 14 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 play | amod |
| 15 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 play | compound |
| 16 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixin | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 en | punct |
| 18 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixin | conj |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 termin | nsubj |
| 20 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 termin | punct |
| 21 | termin | termin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 en | conj |
| 22 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 termin | punct |
| 23 | fer | f | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 24 ter | amod |
| 24 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 outdo | nsubj |
| 25 | outdo | outdo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 termin | acl:relcl |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 27 im | punct |
| 27 | im | im | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 outdo | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 en | punct |
| 29 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 im | conj |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 time | case |
| 31 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 32 time | compound |
| 32 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 en | nmod |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 koam | nsubj |
| 34 | koam | koam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 time | acl:relcl |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 twis | nmod:poss |
| 36 | ha'r | ha'r | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 twis | amod |
| 37 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 twis | compound |
| 38 | twis | twi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 koam | obj |
| 39 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 38 twis | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 mustarsh | nmod:poss |
| 41 | mustarsh | mustarsh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 rig | nsubj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sorter | punct |
| 43 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sorter | compound |
| 44 | sorter | sorter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 mustarsh | conj |
| 45 | rig | rig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 twis | acl:relcl |
| 46 | up | up | ADP | _ | 45 rig | compound:prt |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 come | punct |
| 48 | yer | yer | CCONJ | _ | 49 come | cc |
| 49 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 outdo | parataxis |
| 50 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Fox | compound |
| 51 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 come | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 saddle | punct |
| 53 | saddle | saddle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 come | conj |
| 54 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 bridle | compound |
| 55 | bridle | bridle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 saddle | obj |
| 56 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 saddle | compound:prt |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 lookin | punct |
| 58 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 lookin | compound |
| 59 | lookin | lookin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 saddle | obl |
| 60 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 62 peart | punct |
| 61 | ez | ez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 peart | amod |
| 62 | peart | peart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 lookin | conj |
| 63 | ez | ez | X | Foreign=Yes | 62 peart | dep |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 pony | det |
| 65 | circus | circus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 pony | amod |
| 66 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 ez | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | present | Co'se | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | termin in a quote | Fox | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | outdo in a quote | present | fer ter | im and en by de time | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot im=Theme | ||||
| 4 | koam in a quote | past | ter | ter's ha'r en twis | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | rig up in a quote | present | ter's mustarsh and en sorter | ter's ha'r en twis not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | come in a quote | infinitive | Brer Fox | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fox=Theme | |||||
| 7 | saddle on in a quote | infinitive | en bridle | en lookin obl | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bridle=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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