--- title: I am perfectly well aware that the character sketches are without pe… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I am perfectly well aware that the character sketches are without permanent interest, but they are embodied here for the purpose of presenting a phase of negro character wholly distinct from that which I have endeavored to preserve in the legends. Who acts: I, character sketches, purpose. 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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 (I, character sketches, purpose), 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:pg2306:1:118 # text = I am perfectly well aware that the character sketches are without permanent interest, but they are embodied here for the purpose of presenting a phase of negro character wholly distinct from that which I have endeavored to preserve in the legends. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 sketches sketch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 without without ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 permanent permanent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 embodied embody VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 presenting present VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 phase phase NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 negro negro ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 distinct distinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 endeavored endeavor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | aware, perfectly, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the character sketches | | | | | without permanent interest | tree rules | | 3 | **embody** | present · passive | | sketches *= sketch* | | here | | for the purpose | tree rules | | 4 | **present** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | a phase of negro character | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phase=Theme | | 5 | **endeavor** | present · perfect · passive | | negro character | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | | | | the legends | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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:** «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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/119/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)