--- title: The story continues in the dialect: "W'en de punkin roll in de bresh… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: The story continues in the dialect: "W'en de punkin roll in de bresh--heap, out jump a rabbit; en soon's de I'shmuns see dat, he take atter de rabbit en holler: 'Kworp, colty! kworp, colty!' but de rabbit, he des flew." Who acts: story, W'en, I'shmuns. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, W'en, I'shmuns), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2306:1:109 # text = The story continues in the dialect: "W'en de punkin roll in de bresh--heap, out jump a rabbit; en soon's de I'shmuns see dat, he take atter de rabbit en holler: 'Kworp, colty! kworp, colty!' but de rabbit, he des flew." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 continues continue VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dialect dialect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 W'en W'en PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 punkin punkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 15 compound _ _ 15 bresh bresh NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 12 flat:foreign _ _ 28 I'shmuns I'shmun PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 atter atter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 holler holler NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Kworp Kworp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 colty colty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ 45 kworp kworp NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 colty colty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 des des NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | present | the story | | | the dialect | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **roll** *in a quote* | | W'en | | | de bresh | | | tree rules | | 3 | **jump** *in a quote* | infinitive | W'en *not said here* | a rabbit | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Agent | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | I'shmuns | dat | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dat=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present | W'en | atter | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument atter=Theme holler=Destination | | 6 | **fly** *in a quote* | past | W'en | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/110/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)