---
title: "En Brer Fox, he lammed away at dat holler tree, he did, like a man… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: "En Brer Fox, he lammed away at dat holler tree, he did, like a man maulin' rails, twel bimeby, atter he done got de tree mos' cut thoo, he stop fer ter ketch his bref, en he seed Mr. Buzzard laughin' behime his back, he did, en right den en dar, widout gwine enny fudder, Brer Fox, he smelt a rat. W
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/11/19/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/) / [VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzz…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/11/) / 19

# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzzard, sentence 19

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"En Brer Fox, he lammed away at dat holler tree, he did, like a man maulin' rails, twel bimeby, atter he done got de tree mos' cut thoo, he stop fer ter ketch his bref, en he seed Mr. Buzzard laughin' behime his back, he did, en right den en dar, widout gwine enny fudder, Brer Fox, he smelt a rat.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** En Fox, Den, man maulin, de tree mos, bref · **What happens:** lam away, do, get, cut, stop, behime · **To what, where:** holler tree, atter, de tree mos, thoo, fer ter ketch, back

<!-- .vabout -->
This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzzard. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (En Fox, Den, man maulin, de tree mos), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**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:pg2306:11:19
# text = "En Brer Fox, he lammed away at dat holler tree, he did, like a man maulin' rails, twel bimeby, atter he done got de tree mos' cut thoo, he stop fer ter ketch his bref, en he seed Mr. Buzzard laughin' behime his back, he did, en right den en dar, widout gwine enny fudder, Brer Fox, he smelt a rat.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	En	En	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lammed	lam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	dat	that	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	holler	holler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	maulin	maulin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	twel	twel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	bimeby	bimeby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	atter	atter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	done	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
31	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
32	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	mos	mos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	33	punct	_	_
35	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	_
36	thoo	thoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
40	fer	f	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	42	amod	_	_
41	ter	ter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	ketch	ketch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	bref	bref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
48	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
49	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod:desc	_	_
50	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	laughin	laughin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	53	punct	_	_
53	behime	behime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	acl:relcl	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
60	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
61	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
62	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	widout	widout	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	gwine	gwine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	_
68	enny	enny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	compound	_	_
69	fudder	fudder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
71	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	appos	_	_
72	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
74	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	smelt	smelt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
76	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lam away** *in a quote* | past | En Fox |  |  | that holler tree |  | away *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at tree=Location |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Den |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Den | atter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent atter=Eventuality |
| 4 | **get** *in a quote* | past | a man maulin | de tree mos |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mos=Stimulus |
| 5 | **cut** *in a quote* | participle | de tree mos *not said here* | thoo |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thoo=Product |
| 6 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | Den | fer ter ketch |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ketch=Eventuality |
| 7 | **behime** *in a quote* |  | Den's bref and en | Den's back |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Den | en and right en dar |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Eventuality |
| 9 | **smelt** *in a quote* | past | Den | a rat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/11/18/)
- next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/11/20/)
- ↑ back to [VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzzard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/11/)