--- title: Brer Possum see dat dey got 'im jammed up in a cornder, en den he up… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Brer Possum see dat dey got 'im jammed up in a cornder, en den he up en say dat de way fer ter ketch de man w'at stole de butter is ter b'il' a big bresh-heap en set her afier, en all han's try ter jump over, en de one w'at fall in, den he de chap w'at stole de butter. Who acts: Brer, dat dey, dey, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/20/47/) [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/) / [XVII. Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/20/) / 47 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XVII. Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter, sentence 47 Brer Possum see dat dey got 'im jammed up in a cornder, en den he up en say dat de way fer ter ketch de man w'at stole de butter is ter b'il' a big bresh-heap en set her afier, en all han's try ter jump over, en de one w'at fall in, den he de chap w'at stole de butter. **Who acts:** Brer, dat dey, dey, fer ter ketch, de butter, big heap en · **What happens:** see, get, jam up, say, steal, be · **To what, where:** cornder, dat de way, ter b'il, afier, en, de butter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XVII. Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, dat dey, dey, fer ter ketch), 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:pg2306:20:47 # text = Brer Possum see dat dey got 'im jammed up in a cornder, en den he up en say dat de way fer ter ketch de man w'at stole de butter is ter b'il' a big bresh-heap en set her afier, en all han's try ter jump over, en de one w'at fall in, den he de chap w'at stole de butter. 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Possum Possum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 im im ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 jammed jam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cornder cornder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 23 compound _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 24 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 25 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 ketch ketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 26 flat:foreign _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 31 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 32 compound _ _ 32 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 ter ter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 b'il b'il NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 38 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 39 bresh bresh NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 afier afier NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 try try NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 53 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 54 over over ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 de de ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 59 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 60 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 61 in in ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 de de AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 chap chap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 67 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 68 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 ccomp _ _ 69 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 70 compound _ _ 70 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | Brer | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | past | dat dey | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **jam up** | participle | dat dey *not said here* | | | a cornder and en den | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cornder=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | dey | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **steal** | past | fer ter ketch | dat de way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | de butter | ter b'il | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **set** | past | a big heap en | Brer's afier and en | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent afier=Theme ter=Destination | | 8 | **jump over** | infinitive | a big heap en *not said here* | en | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fall in** | infinitive | a big heap en *not said here* | | | | | de one w'at | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **chap** | | den | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **steal** | past | w'at | de butter | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location butter=Theme | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/20/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/20/48/) - ↑ back to [XVII. 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