--- title: Den Brer Rabbit say he got a fifty-dollar bill w'at say dat he kin l… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Den Brer Rabbit say he got a fifty-dollar bill w'at say dat he kin leave Brer Tarrypin so fur behime, dat he could sow barley ez he went long en hit 'ud be ripe nuff fer ter cut by de time Brer Tarrypin pass dat way. Who acts: Den, dollar bill w'at, dat, fur behime. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His S --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/21/13/) [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/) / [XVIII. Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match At L…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/21/) / 13 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XVIII. Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match At Last, sentence 13 Den Brer Rabbit say he got a fifty-dollar bill w'at say dat he kin leave Brer Tarrypin so fur behime, dat he could sow barley ez he went long en hit 'ud be ripe nuff fer ter cut by de time Brer Tarrypin pass dat way. **Who acts:** Den, dollar bill w'at, dat, fur behime, barley · **What happens:** say, get, leave, sow, go, be · **To what, where:** Brer, long en hit, ripe nuff fer ter, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XVIII. Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match At Last. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Den, dollar bill w'at, dat, fur behime), 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:pg2306:21:13 # text = Den Brer Rabbit say he got a fifty-dollar bill w'at say dat he kin leave Brer Tarrypin so fur behime, dat he could sow barley ez he went long en hit 'ud be ripe nuff fer ter cut by de time Brer Tarrypin pass dat way. 1 Den Den PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 8 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 dollar dollar NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 14 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 kin kin AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 21 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 behime behime NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 sow sow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 28 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 ez ez PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 32 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 hit hit NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ud ud NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 38 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 nuff nuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 42 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 45 compound _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 47 Tarrypin Tarrypin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ _ 48 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 49 dat that DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Den | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | past | den | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a dollar bill w'at | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** | | dat | Brer | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brer=Theme | | 5 | **sow** | could | fur behime and dat | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | barley ez | long en hit and ud | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hit=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | infinitive | | ripe nuff fer ter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cut** | participle | | ripe nuff fer ter *not said here* | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **pass** | present | dat | that way | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/21/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/21/14/) - ↑ back to [XVIII. 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