--- title: Mr. Smith has been kind enough to send me the proof-sheets of his ch… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Smith has been kind enough to send me the proof-sheets of his chapter on The Myths and Folk-Lore of the Amazonian Indians, in which he reproduces some of the stories which he gathered while exploring the Amazons. Who acts: Smith. 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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 (Smith), 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:pg2306:1:36 # text = Mr. Smith has been kind enough to send me the proof-sheets of his chapter on The Myths and Folk-Lore of the Amazonian Indians, in which he reproduces some of the stories which he gathered while exploring the Amazons. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 enough enough ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Myths Myths PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 parataxis _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 Folk Folk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Lore Lore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Amazonian Amazonian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 reproduces reproduce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 exploring explore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Amazons Amazon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | Smith Mr. | | | | | enough, kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | Smith Mr. *not said here* | the proof sheets of Mr.'s chapter | me | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination sheet=Theme | | 3 | **reproduce** | present | Smith | some | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent some=Patient | | 4 | **gather** | past | Smith | the stories | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **explore** | gerund | Smith *not said here* | the Amazons | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent amazon=Location | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/37/) - ↑ back to [Dear Frost:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/1/)