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title: This similarity extends to almost every story quoted by Mr. Smith, a… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: This similarity extends to almost every story quoted by Mr. Smith, and some are so nearly identical as to point unmistakably to a common origin; but when and where? when did the negro or the North American Indian ever come in contact with the tribes of South America? Who acts: similarity, some. A se
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, Dear Frost:, sentence 55

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This similarity extends to almost every story quoted by Mr. Smith, and some are so nearly identical as to point unmistakably to a common origin; but when and where? when did the negro or the North American Indian ever come in contact with the tribes of South America?

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**Who acts:** similarity, some · **What happens:** extend, quote, be, point, come · **To what, where:** story, common origin, contact

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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 (similarity, some), 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:pg2306:1:55
# text = This similarity extends to almost every story quoted by Mr. Smith, and some are so nearly identical as to point unmistakably to a common origin; but when and where? when did the negro or the North American Indian ever come in contact with the tribes of South America?
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	similarity	similarity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	extends	extend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	quoted	quote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:desc	_	_
11	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
22	unmistakably	unmistakably	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	_
33	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	31	conj	_	_
34	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	advcl:relcl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	negro	negro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
40	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	conj	_	_
42	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	43	advmod	_	_
43	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | present | this similarity |  | every story |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to story=Recipient |
| 2 | **quote** *speech: other* | participle |  | every story *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | some |  |  |  |  | identical, nearly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **point** | to-infinitive | some *not said here* |  | a common origin |  |  | unmistakably *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to origin=Recipient |
| 5 | **come** | infinitive | this similarity *not said here* |  |  | contact with the tribes of South America | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in contact=Location |

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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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