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Powell, of the Smithsonian Institution, who is engaged in an investigation of the mythology of the North American Indians, informs me that some of Uncle Remus's stories appear in a number of different languages, and in various modified forms, among the Indians; and he is of the opinion that they are borrowed by the negroes from the red-men. **Who acts:** W., some, negroes · **What happens:** engage, inform, appear, modify, be, borrow · **To what, where:** Smithsonian Institution, investigation, me, various modified forms, number, considerations 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 (W., some, negroes), 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:pg2306:1:34 # text = Professor J. W. Powell, of the Smithsonian Institution, who is engaged in an investigation of the mythology of the North American Indians, informs me that some of Uncle Remus's stories appear in a number of different languages, and in various modified forms, among the Indians; and he is of the opinion that they are borrowed by the negroes from the red-men. 1 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 2 J. J. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 W. W. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 4 Powell Powell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Smithsonian Smithsonian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Institution institution NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 investigation investigation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mythology mythology NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 American American ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 26 informs inform VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 35 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 modified modify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 among among ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 borrowed borrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 negroes negro NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ _ 66 from from ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 68 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **engage** | present · passive | | the Smithsonian Institution | | | | in a investigation of the mythology of the North American Indians *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in investigation=Goal | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | W. Professor | | me | various modified forms among the Indians | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **appear** | present | some | | | a number of different languages | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location | | 4 | **modify** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | W. | | | | | of the opinion | tree rules | | 6 | **borrow** | present · passive | the negroes | considerations *= consideration* | | | | from the red men | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from man=Source | | 7 | **investigate** | | | the mythology of the North American Indians | | | | | nom investigation «cognition 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/35/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)