Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 8
In the sequel Brer Rabbit begs Brer Fox that he may "drown me as deep ez you please, skin me, scratch out my eyeballs, t'ar out my years by the roots, en cut off my legs, but do don't fling me in dat brier patch;" which, of course, Brer Fox does, only to be informed by the cunning Brer Rabbit that he had been "bred en bawn in a brier patch."
Who acts: Brer Rabbit, Rabbit, en, cunning Brer Rabbit · What happens: beg, drown, scratch out, cut off, not fling, do · To what, where: Brer Fox, sequel, Brer Rabbit, eyeballs, legs, dat brier patch · 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 Rabbit, Rabbit, en, cunning Brer Rabbit), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 sequel | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sequel | det |
| 3 | sequel | sequel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 begs | obl |
| 4 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Rabbit | compound |
| 5 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 begs | nsubj |
| 6 | begs | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Fox | compound |
| 8 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 begs | obj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 drown | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 drown | nsubj |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 drown | aux |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 drown | punct |
| 13 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 begs | conj |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 drown | obj |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 deep | case |
| 16 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 drown | obl |
| 17 | ez | ez | ADP | _ | 18 you | case |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 deep | obl |
| 19 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 13 drown | discourse |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 me | punct |
| 21 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 me | compound |
| 22 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 begs | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 scratch | punct |
| 24 | scratch | scratch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 begs | conj |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 24 scratch | compound:prt |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 eyeballs | nmod:poss |
| 27 | eyeballs | eyeball | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 scratch | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 t'ar | punct |
| 29 | t'ar | t'ar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 eyeballs | conj |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 24 scratch | compound:prt |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 years | nmod:poss |
| 32 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 scratch | parataxis |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 roots | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 roots | det |
| 35 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 scratch | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 en | punct |
| 37 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 roots | conj |
| 38 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 en | acl |
| 39 | off | off | ADP | _ | 38 cut | compound:prt |
| 40 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 legs | nmod:poss |
| 41 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 cut | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 fling | punct |
| 43 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 47 fling | cc |
| 44 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 47 fling | aux |
| 45 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 47 fling | aux |
| 46 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 47 fling | advmod |
| 47 | fling | fling | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 begs | conj |
| 48 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 fling | obj |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 patch | case |
| 50 | dat | dat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 patch | compound |
| 51 | brier | brier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 patch | compound |
| 52 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 fling | obl |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 does | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 62 does | punct |
| 55 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 does | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 which | punct |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 Fox | case |
| 58 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 of | fixed |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 of | punct |
| 60 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 Fox | compound |
| 61 | Fox | Fox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 does | obl |
| 62 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 begs | parataxis |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 informed | punct |
| 64 | only | only | ADV | _ | 67 informed | advmod |
| 65 | to | to | PART | _ | 67 informed | mark |
| 66 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 67 informed | aux:pass |
| 67 | informed | inform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 does | conj |
| 68 | by | by | ADP | _ | 72 Rabbit | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 Rabbit | det |
| 70 | cunning | cunning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 Rabbit | compound |
| 71 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 Rabbit | compound |
| 72 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 informed | obl |
| 73 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 78 bred | mark |
| 74 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 78 bred | nsubj |
| 75 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 78 bred | aux |
| 76 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 78 bred | cop |
| 77 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 78 bred | punct |
| 78 | bred | breed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 informed | ccomp |
| 79 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 bawn | compound |
| 80 | bawn | bawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 bred | obj |
| 81 | in | in | ADP | _ | 84 patch | case |
| 82 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 84 patch | det |
| 83 | brier | brier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 patch | compound |
| 84 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 78 bred | obl |
| 85 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 begs | punct |
| 86 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 begs | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | present | Brer Rabbit | Brer Fox | the sequel | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient | |||
| 2 | drown in a quote | may | Rabbit | Brer Rabbit = rabbit | as deep | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | |||
| 3 | scratch out in a quote | infinitive | Brer Rabbit not said here | my eyeballs and t'ar | by the roots and en | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eyeball=Patient by root=Location | |||
| 4 | cut off in a quote | participle | en not said here | my legs | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector leg=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | not fling in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Brer Rabbit not said here | Brer Rabbit = rabbit | dat brier patch | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent i=Theme in patch=Destination | |||
| 6 | do | present | of Brer Fox | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | inform speech: other | to-infinitive · passive | the cunning Brer Rabbit | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | is in a quote | past · perfect | Rabbit | a brier patch | breed property | 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: «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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