--- title: "'Co'se,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'w'en Brer Jack Sparrer tell me da… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "'Co'se,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'w'en Brer Jack Sparrer tell me dat I flew up, I did, en I use some langwidge w'ich I'm mighty glad dey weren't no ladies 'round' nowhars so dey could hear me go on, sezee. Who acts: you, I, langwidge w'ich, dey. 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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, I, langwidge w'ich, dey), 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:pg2306:22:45 # text = "'Co'se,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'w'en Brer Jack Sparrer tell me dat I flew up, I did, en I use some langwidge w'ich I'm mighty glad dey weren't no ladies 'round' nowhars so dey could hear me go on, sezee. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Co'se Co'se PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sez say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 7 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sezee sezee NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 w'en w'en X FW Foreign=Yes 17 dep _ _ 14 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 Sparrer Sparrer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 17 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 langwidge langwidge NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 w'ich w'ich NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 39 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ' 's PART POS _ 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 round round NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 45 nowhars nowhar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 46 so so SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 on on ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 sezee sezee NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | Brer | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent brer=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Co'se | me | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fly up** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **use** *in a quote* | present | I | en | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nowhar=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | mighty glad dey | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | some langwidge w'ich | no ladies's round | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** *in a quote* | could | dey | me | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go on** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | sezee | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/46/) - ↑ back to [XIX. the Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/)