--- title: Because, by a stroke here and a touch there, you have conveyed into… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Because, by a stroke here and a touch there, you have conveyed into their quaint antics the illumination of your own inimitable humor, which is as true to our sun and soil as it is to the spirit and essence of the matter set forth. Who acts: you, own inimitable humor, soil, stroke. 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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 (you, own inimitable humor, soil, stroke), 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:pg2306:1:19 # text = Because, by a stroke here and a touch there, you have conveyed into their quaint antics the illumination of your own inimitable humor, which is as true to our sun and soil as it is to the spirit and essence of the matter set forth. 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 advcl _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 quaint quaint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 antics antic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 illumination illumination NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 23 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 inimitable inimitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 essence essence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 forth forth ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present · perfect | you | | | stroke's quaint antics | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | your own inimitable humor | | | | | to our sun and soil; true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | soil | | | | | to the spirit and essence of the matter | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | participle | | the matter *not said here* | | | | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **antic** | | stroke | | | | | | nom antic «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **illuminate** | | | your own inimitable humor | | | | | nom illumination «state transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **humor** | | your | | | | | | nom humor «communication 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:** «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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/20/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)