--- title: Brer Rabbit he rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin's house, he did, en a… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Brer Rabbit he rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin's house, he did, en ax wuz he in, en Brer Tarrypin 'low dat he wuz, en den Brer Rabbit, he ax 'im howdy, en den Brer Tarrypin he likewise 'spon' howdy, en den Brer Rabbit he say whar wuz Brer Tarrypin gwine, en Brer Tarrypin, he say w'ich he wern't gwin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/13/11/) [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/) / [X. Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/13/) / 11 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, X. Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene, sentence 11 Brer Rabbit he rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin's house, he did, en ax wuz he in, en Brer Tarrypin 'low dat he wuz, en den Brer Rabbit, he ax 'im howdy, en den Brer Tarrypin he likewise 'spon' howdy, en den Brer Rabbit he say whar wuz Brer Tarrypin gwine, en Brer Tarrypin, he say w'ich he wern't gwine nowhar skasely. **Who acts:** Brer Rabbit, Rabbit, Brer · **What happens:** rap, do, wuz, howdy, say · **To what, where:** er, en ax wuz, whar wuz, w'ich · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, X. Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer Rabbit, Rabbit, Brer), 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:pg2306:13:11 # text = Brer Rabbit he rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin's house, he did, en ax wuz he in, en Brer Tarrypin 'low dat he wuz, en den Brer Rabbit, he ax 'im howdy, en den Brer Tarrypin he likewise 'spon' howdy, en den Brer Rabbit he say whar wuz Brer Tarrypin gwine, en Brer Tarrypin, he say w'ich he wern't gwine nowhar skasely. 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rap rap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 7 compound _ _ 7 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 er er X GW _ 4 obj _ _ 9 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 goeswith _ _ 10 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 flat _ 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 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 ax ax NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 in in ADV RB _ 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 24 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ _ 25 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 ' 's PART POS _ 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 38 ax ax NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 list _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 im im ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 howdy howdy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 46 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 flat _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 48 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 spon spon NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 52 howdy howdy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 56 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 60 whar whar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 appos _ _ 63 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 flat _ _ 64 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 list _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 67 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 appos _ _ 68 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 72 w'ich w'ich NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 wer w ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 71 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 75 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 76 advmod _ _ 76 gwine gwine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 nowhar nowhar NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 78 skasely skasely ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rap** | present | Brer Rabbit | er | | | | on de roof; dat *obl* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent er=Instrument on roof=Patient | | 2 | **do** | past | Rabbit | en ax wuz and en Brer's low dat and wuz and en den | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wuz=Eventuality | | 3 | **wuz** | | Rabbit | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **howdy** | | Brer | | | | | likewise *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Brer | whar wuz and en | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wuz=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Brer | w'ich | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent w'ich=Topic | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/13/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/13/12/) - ↑ back to [X. 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