--- title: "Dis kinder tarrify Brer Rabbit, en he skasely know w'at he gwine do… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Dis kinder tarrify Brer Rabbit, en he skasely know w'at he gwine do; but bimeby he study ter hisse'f dat de man w'at see Brer Fox fus wuz boun' ter have de inturn, en den he go hoppin' off to'rds home. Who acts: Dis, w'at gwine, ter. 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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 (Dis, w'at gwine, ter), 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:pg2306:22:38 # text = "Dis kinder tarrify Brer Rabbit, en he skasely know w'at he gwine do; but bimeby he study ter hisse'f dat de man w'at see Brer Fox fus wuz boun' ter have de inturn, en den he go hoppin' off to'rds home. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 4 tarrify tarrify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 skasely skasely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 bimeby bimeby NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 study study VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 ter ter X FW _ 22 compound _ _ 22 hisse'f hisse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 dat dat X FW Foreign=Yes 26 amod _ _ 24 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 23 flat _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 fus fus ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 boun boun NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ter ter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 36 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 inturn inturn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 hoppin hoppin NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 45 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 46 to'rds to'rd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 home home ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tarrify** *in a quote* | infinitive | Dis | Brer Rabbit | | | | en *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | dis | en *not said here* | | | | skasely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer en=Stimulus | | 3 | **gwine** *in a quote* | | dis | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | w'at gwine *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **study** *in a quote* | present | dis | ter hisse'f | | | | dat man w'at *obl:unmarked* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hisse'f=Topic | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | dis *not said here* | Brer Fox | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | ter | de inturn and en den | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inturn=Patient | | 8 | **go off** *in a quote* | present | dis | hoppin | | | | to'rds *obl:unmarked*; home *property* | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/39/) - ↑ back to [XIX. the Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/)