--- title: "Brer Rabbit make like he didn't want ter tell, but Brer Fox he 'sis… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Brer Rabbit make like he didn't want ter tell, but Brer Fox he 'sist en 'sist, twel at las' Brer Rabbit he up en tell Brer Fox dat he hear Jack Sparrer say all dis. Who acts: Brer, Fox, Brer Fox, Jack. 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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 (Brer, Fox, Brer Fox, Jack), 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:pg2306:22:44 # text = "Brer Rabbit make like he didn't want ter tell, but Brer Fox he 'sist en 'sist, twel at las' Brer Rabbit he up en tell Brer Fox dat he hear Jack Sparrer say all dis. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 10 ter ter PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 sist sist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 19 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 sist sist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 las la NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 33 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 38 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 Sparrer Sparrer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Brer | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Fox | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Fox *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sist** *in a quote* | infinitive | Brer Fox | en | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sist** *in a quote* | infinitive | Brer Fox *not said here* | twel | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Fox | Brer Fox dat | | | | at las's Brer Rabbit | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dat=Recipient | | 7 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | Fox | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Jack | all dis | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dis=Topic | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/45/) - ↑ back to [XIX. the Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/)