--- title: "You'll tromple on dat bark twel hit won't be fitten fer ter fling '… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "You'll tromple on dat bark twel hit won't be fitten fer ter fling 'way, let 'lone make hoss-collars out'n," said Uncle Remus, as the little boy came running into his cabin out of the rain. Who acts: You, lone, Uncle Remus, little boy. 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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 (You, lone, Uncle Remus, little boy), 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:pg2306:22:1 # text = "You'll tromple on dat bark twel hit won't be fitten fer ter fling 'way, let 'lone make hoss-collars out'n," said Uncle Remus, as the little boy came running into his cabin out of the rain. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tromple tromple VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 10 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 fitten fitten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 14 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 15 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 fling fling NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 lone lone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nsubj _ _ 23 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 hoss hoss NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 collars collar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 compound _ _ 27 out'n out'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tromple** *in a quote* | future | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | | | | dat bark twel | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **fitten** *in a quote* | future · passive | You *not said here* | fer ter fling way | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | present | lone | collars out'n | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset out'n=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle Remus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** | past | the little boy | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **run** | gerund | the little boy *not said here* | | | | | into boy's cabin *result*; out the rain | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into cabin=Result | 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: [XVIII. 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