Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 7

Brer Rabbit, coming along that way, passes the time of day with Tar Baby, and, annoyed at its obstinate silence, hits it with right fist and with left, with left fist and with right, which successively stick to the "contrapshun," till at last he butts with his head, and that sticks too, whereupon Brer Fox, who all this time had "lain low," saunters out, and complains of Brer Rabbit that he is too stuck up.

Who acts: Brer, that, contrapshun · What happens: come, pass, hit, stick, butt, lie · To what, where: way, contrapshun, left fist, last, Brer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, that, contrapshun), 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	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 passes	nsubj
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 coming	punct
4	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Brer	acl
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 coming	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Brer	punct
9	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 passes	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 day	case
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 time	nmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 Baby	case
15	Tar	Tar	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Baby	compound
16	Baby	Baby	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 day	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 annoyed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 annoyed	cc
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 annoyed	punct
20	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 passes	advcl
21	at	at	ADP	_	24 silence	case
22	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 silence	nmod:poss
23	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 silence	amod
24	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 annoyed	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 hits	punct
26	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 passes	parataxis
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 hits	obj
28	with	with	ADP	_	30 fist	case
29	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 fist	amod
30	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 hits	obl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 left	cc
32	with	with	ADP	_	33 left	case
33	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 fist	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 fist	punct
35	with	with	ADP	_	37 fist	case
36	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 fist	amod
37	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 hits	parataxis
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 right	cc
39	with	with	ADP	_	40 right	case
40	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 fist	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 stick	punct
42	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 stick	obj
43	successively	successively	ADV	_	44 stick	advmod
44	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 fist	parataxis
45	to	to	ADP	_	48 contrapshun	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 contrapshun	det
47	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 contrapshun	punct
48	contrapshun	contrapshun	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stick	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 contrapshun	punct
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 contrapshun	punct
51	till	till	ADP	_	53 last	case
52	at	at	ADP	_	53 last	case
53	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 stick	obl
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 butts	nsubj
55	butts	butt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 last	acl:relcl
56	with	with	ADP	_	58 head	case
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 head	nmod:poss
58	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 butts	obl
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 sticks	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 sticks	cc
61	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	62 sticks	nsubj
62	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 saunters	advcl
63	too	too	ADV	_	62 sticks	advmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 whereupon	punct
65	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	62 sticks	advmod
66	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 whereupon	nsubj
67	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 Brer	flat
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 lain	punct
69	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	75 lain	nsubj:pass
70	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	72 time	det:predet
71	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	72 time	det
72	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 lain	obl:unmarked
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 lain	aux
74	"	"	PUNCT	_	75 lain	punct
75	lain	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 Brer	acl:relcl
76	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 lain	xcomp
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 whereupon	punct
78	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 sticks	punct
79	saunters	saunter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 passes	parataxis
80	out	out	ADP	_	79 saunters	compound:prt
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 complains	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 complains	cc
83	complains	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 passes	conj
84	of	of	ADP	_	86 Rabbit	case
85	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 Rabbit	compound
86	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 complains	obl
87	that	that	SCONJ	_	91 stuck	mark
88	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 stuck	nsubj
89	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 stuck	aux:pass
90	too	too	ADV	_	91 stuck	advmod
91	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	83 complains	advcl
92	up	up	ADP	_	91 stuck	compound:prt
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 passes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	Brer not said here		that way			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along way=Initial_Location
2	pass	present	Brer			time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hit	present		contrapshun			with right fist and left	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with fist=Instrument
4	stick	present		left fist		till last	to the contrapshun; successively property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent which=Patient to contrapshun=Co-Patient
5	butt	present	Brer	last not said here			with Brer's head	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent last=Patient with head=Instrument
6	stick	present	that				whereupon property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
7	lie in a quote	past · perfect · passive		Brer		time	low property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
8	saunter out	present						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	complain speech: other	present	Brer not said here				of Brer Rabbit	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	stick up	present · passive		Brer				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
11	silence		contrapshun					nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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: «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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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