--- title: Dar wuz Brer Wolf; stidder mindin' un his own bizness, he hatter tak… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Dar wuz Brer Wolf; stidder mindin' un his own bizness, he hatter take en go in pardnerships wid Brer Fox, en dey want skacely a minnit in de day dat he want atter Brer Rabbit, en he kep' on en kep' on twel fus' news you knowed he got kotch up wid--en he got kotch up wid monstus bad." 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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 (Brer, Dar wuz, Brer Fox, hatter), 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:pg2306:16:3 # text = Dar wuz Brer Wolf; stidder mindin' un his own bizness, he hatter take en go in pardnerships wid Brer Fox, en dey want skacely a minnit in de day dat he want atter Brer Rabbit, en he kep' on en kep' on twel fus' news you knowed he got kotch up wid--en he got kotch up wid monstus bad." 1 Dar Dar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 3 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 stidder stidd ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 mindin mindin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 un un X FW Foreign=Yes 7 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 bizness bizness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hatter hatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 17 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 pardnerships pardnership NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 21 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 28 skacely skacely ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 minnit minnit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 37 atter atter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:desc _ _ 38 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 kep kep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 47 kep kep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 fus fus NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 53 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 knowed knowe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 58 kotch kotch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 59 up up ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 60 wid wid NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 -- -- PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 65 kotch kotch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 66 up up ADP RP _ 65 compound:prt _ _ 67 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 monstus monstus NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | infinitive | Brer | en | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent en=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | Brer *not said here* | | | pardnerships | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in pardnership=Location | | 3 | **wi** | past | Dar wuz and stidder mindin | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | present | Brer Fox and en dey | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **want** | present | hatter | a minnit in de day dat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot brer=Theme | | 6 | **kep** | present | hatter | en *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kep** | present | hatter *not said here* | | | en | | | tree rules | | 8 | **knowe** | past | news | | | twel fus | | | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | past | news | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **kotch up** | infinitive | news *not said here* | wid and en | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **get** | past | news | wid and en *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **kotch up** | infinitive | wid and en *not said here* | wid monstus | | | | | tree rules | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/16/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/16/4/) - ↑ back to [XIII. the Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/16/)