--- title: The difference between the dialect of the legends and that of the ch… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: The difference between the dialect of the legends and that of the character--sketches, slight as it is, marks the modifications which the speech of the negro has undergone even where education has played in deed, save in the no part reforming it. Who acts: difference, part. 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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 (difference, part), 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:pg2306:1:116 # text = The difference between the dialect of the legends and that of the character--sketches, slight as it is, marks the modifications which the speech of the negro has undergone even where education has played in deed, save in the no part reforming it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 3 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dialect dialect NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 sketches sketch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 slight slight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 marks mark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 modifications modification NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 35 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 reforming reform VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | difference | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mark** | present | the difference between the dialect of the legends | the modifications | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent modification=Destination | | 3 | **undergo** | present · perfect · passive | | the speech of the negro | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **play** | present · perfect · passive | | education | | deed | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **save** | infinitive | | | | the part | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **reform** | gerund | the part *not said here* | education | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **speak** | | | the negro | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/117/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)