Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox, sentence 66
W'en dey got ter de house, Miss Meadows en all de gals wuz settin' on de peazzer, en stidder stoppin' at de gate, Brer Rabbit rid on by, he did, en den come gallopin' down de road en up ter de hoss-rack, w'ich he hitch Brer Fox at, en den he santer inter de house, he did, en shake han's wid de gals, en set dar, smokin' his seegyar same ez a town man.
Who acts: W'en dey, de gals, dey, en den, w'ich, ez · What happens: get, wuz, do, come down, en up, hitch · To what, where: ter house, settin, de peazzer, gallopin, road, Brer Fox
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 (W'en dey, de gals, dey, en den), 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 | W'en | W'en | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dey | compound |
| 2 | dey | dey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ter | ter | X | _ | 6 house | compound |
| 5 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 ter | flat:foreign |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 en | punct |
| 8 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Meadows | compound |
| 9 | Meadows | Meadow | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 en | compound |
| 10 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 house | conj |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 gals | det |
| 12 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 gals | amod |
| 13 | gals | gal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wuz | nsubj |
| 14 | wuz | wuz | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | parataxis |
| 15 | settin | settin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wuz | obj |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 settin | punct |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 peazzer | case |
| 18 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 19 peazzer | compound |
| 19 | peazzer | peazzer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wuz | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 stoppin | punct |
| 21 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 stoppin | compound |
| 22 | stidder | stidder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 stoppin | compound |
| 23 | stoppin | stoppin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 peazzer | appos |
| 24 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 23 stoppin | punct |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 gate | case |
| 26 | de | de | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 gate | amod |
| 27 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 stoppin | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 rid | punct |
| 29 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 rid | nsubj |
| 30 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Brer | flat |
| 31 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | conj |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 rid | compound:prt |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 on | fixed |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 did | punct |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 did | nsubj |
| 36 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 come | punct |
| 38 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 den | compound |
| 39 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | nsubj |
| 40 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | parataxis |
| 41 | gallopin | gallopin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | obj |
| 42 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 41 gallopin | punct |
| 43 | down | down | ADV | _ | 40 come | advmod |
| 44 | de | de | ADP | _ | 45 road | case |
| 45 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hitch | obl |
| 46 | en | en | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 road | acl |
| 47 | up | up | ADP | _ | 46 en | compound:prt |
| 48 | ter | ter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 rack | compound |
| 49 | de | de | PUNCT | _ | 48 ter | punct |
| 50 | hoss | hoss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 rack | compound |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 hoss | punct |
| 52 | rack | rack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 en | compound |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 w'ich | punct |
| 54 | w'ich | w'ich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hitch | nsubj |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 hitch | nsubj |
| 56 | hitch | hitch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 come | conj |
| 57 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Fox | compound |
| 58 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hitch | obj |
| 59 | at | at | ADP | _ | 62 den | case |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 den | punct |
| 61 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 den | compound |
| 62 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 inter | obl |
| 63 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 inter | nsubj |
| 64 | santer | sant | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 65 inter | amod |
| 65 | inter | inter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hitch | parataxis |
| 66 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 65 inter | flat:foreign |
| 67 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 inter | conj |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 did | punct |
| 69 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 did | nsubj |
| 70 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 en | punct |
| 72 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 did | obj |
| 73 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 70 did | xcomp |
| 74 | han | han | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 gals | nmod:poss |
| 75 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 74 han | case |
| 76 | wid | wid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 gals | amod |
| 77 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 gals | compound |
| 78 | gals | gal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 shake | obj |
| 79 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 en | punct |
| 80 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 gals | conj |
| 81 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 82 dar | amod |
| 82 | dar | dar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 en | conj |
| 83 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 smokin | punct |
| 84 | smokin | smokin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 dar | appos |
| 85 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 84 smokin | punct |
| 86 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 92 man | nmod:poss |
| 87 | seegyar | seegyar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 92 man | amod |
| 88 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 92 man | amod |
| 89 | ez | ez | X | Foreign=Yes | 92 man | nsubj |
| 90 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 92 man | det |
| 91 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 man | compound |
| 92 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 dar | appos |
| 93 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | W'en dey | ter house and Meadows en | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | wuz | present | all de gals | settin | de peazzer | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | past | dey | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | come down | present | en den | gallopin | down property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gallopin=Theme | |||
| 5 | en up | participle | road not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | hitch | infinitive | w'ich | Brer Fox | de road | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Patient | |||
| 7 | inter | dey | en den | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | do | past | dey | en | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | shake | infinitive | dey not said here | han's wid de gals and en and set dar | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gal=Patient | ||||
| 10 | set | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 11 | man | ez | tree rules |
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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