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title: *1 It may he interesting to note here that in all probability the wo… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: *1 It may he interesting to note here that in all probability the word "skedaddle," about which there was some controversy during the war, came from the Virginia negro's use of "skaddle," which is a corruption of "scatter." Who acts: skaddle, Virginia negro. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XVIII. Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match At Last, sentence 54

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\*1 It may he interesting to note here that in all probability the word "skedaddle," about which there was some controversy during the war, came from the Virginia negro's use of "skaddle," which is a corruption of "scatter."

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**Who acts:** skaddle, Virginia negro · **What happens:** note, be, come, use · **To what, where:** probability, use, corruption, skaddle

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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 (skaddle, Virginia negro), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:21:54
# text = *1 It may he interesting to note here that in all probability the word "skedaddle," about which there was some controversy during the war, came from the Virginia negro's use of "skaddle," which is a corruption of "scatter."
1	*	*	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	discourse	_	_
3	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	that	that	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	probability	probability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	skedaddle	skedaddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
20	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
22	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	23	expl	_	_
23	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
24	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	det	_	_
25	controversy	controversy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
26	during	during	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
31	from	from	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Virginia	Virginia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	negro	negro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	's	's	PART	POS	_	34	case	_	_
36	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	skaddle	skaddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	39	punct	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
43	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	corruption	corruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	scatter	scatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **note** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | all probability and the word; here |  | that *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** | past |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | past |  |  |  | the Virginia negro's use of skaddle and a corruption |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from use=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **is a** | present | skaddle and a corruption | a corruption |  |  |  | of scatter | tree rules |
| 5 | **use** |  | the Virginia negro | skaddle and a corruption |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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