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title: But this, to say the least, is extremely doubtful, since another inv… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: But this, to say the least, is extremely doubtful, since another investigator (Mr. Herbert H. Smith, author of Brazil and the Amazons) has met with some of these stories among tribes of South American Indians, and one in particular he has traced to India, and as far east as Siam. Who acts: this, inv
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, Dear Frost:, sentence 35

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But this, to say the least, is extremely doubtful, since another investigator (Mr. Herbert H. Smith, author of Brazil and the Amazons) has met with some of these stories among tribes of South American Indians, and one in particular he has traced to India, and as far east as Siam.

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**Who acts:** this, investigator, one · **What happens:** say, be, meet, trace · **To what, where:** least, investigator, India · **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 (this, investigator, one), 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:pg2306:1:35
# text = But this, to say the least, is extremely doubtful, since another investigator (Mr. Herbert H. Smith, author of Brazil and the Amazons) has met with some of these stories among tribes of South American Indians, and one in particular he has traced to India, and as far east as Siam.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	doubtful	doubtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	since	since	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	investigator	investigator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:desc	_	_
18	Herbert	Herbert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	H.	H.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	_
20	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Amazons	Amazon	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
29	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	30	obl:agent	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	35	det	_	_
35	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
36	among	among	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
40	American	American	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nsubj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	traced	trace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	acl:relcl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
54	as	as	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	56	advmod	_	_
56	east	east	ADV	RB	_	11	conj	_	_
57	as	as	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Siam	Siam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | this | the least |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | doubtful, extremely *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | present · perfect | another investigator |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **be** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **trace** | present · perfect · passive |  | investigator | India |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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