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title: With respect to the Folk-Lore scenes, my purpose has been to preserv… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: With respect to the Folk-Lore scenes, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect--if, indeed, it can be called a dialect--through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every S
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, Dear Frost:, sentence 25

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With respect to the Folk-Lore scenes, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect--if, indeed, it can be called a dialect--through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation.

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**Who acts:** purpose, legends, I, my · **What happens:** be, wed, call, become, endeavor, give · **To what, where:** original simplicity, legends, purpose, part, whole genuine flavor, old plantation · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Dear Frost:. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (purpose, legends, I, my), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:1:25
# text = With respect to the Folk-Lore scenes, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect--if, indeed, it can be called a dialect--through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	Folk	Folk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Lore	Lore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	simplicity	simplicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	quaint	quaint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	41	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	parataxis	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	through	through	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	medium	medium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	xcomp	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	obl	_	_
50	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	acl:relcl	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	xcomp	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	62	det	_	_
61	Southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	67	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
65	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
66	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
67	endeavored	endeavor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	xcomp	_	_
70	to	to	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
72	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
74	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	flavor	flavor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
76	of	of	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
78	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
79	plantation	plantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · perfect | my purpose |  |  | legends's original simplicity |  | with respect to the Lore scenes; preserve *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wed** | to-infinitive | my purpose *not said here* | legends *= legend* |  |  |  | to the quaint dialect; permanently *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient to dialect=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **call** | can · passive |  | purpose |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 4 | **become** | present · perfect | legends *= legend* | a part of the domestic history of every Southern family |  |  |  | of the medium | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **endeavor** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  | the whole genuine flavor of the old plantation |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to flavor=Recipient |
| 7 | **purpose** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **flavor** |  |  | the old plantation |  |  |  |  | nom flavor «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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