--- title: "Brer Fox he make like he don't see Jack Sparrer, ner needer do he h… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Brer Fox he make like he don't see Jack Sparrer, ner needer do he hear 'im, but bimeby he lay down by de road, en sorter stretch hisse'f like he fixin' fer ter nap. Who acts: Brer Fox, Fox, Jack, bimeby. 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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, Fox, Jack, bimeby), 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:pg2306:22:58 # text = "Brer Fox he make like he don't see Jack Sparrer, ner needer do he hear 'im, but bimeby he lay down by de road, en sorter stretch hisse'f like he fixin' fer ter nap. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 like like SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 12 Sparrer Sparrer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ner ner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 needer needer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 im im ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 bimeby bimeby NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 29 compound _ _ 29 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stretch stretch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 hisse'f hisse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fixin fixin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 amod _ _ 40 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Brer Fox | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Fox | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Jack | im | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer im=Stimulus | | 4 | **lie down** *in a quote* | past | bimeby | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stretch** *in a quote* | present | en sorter | hisse'f | | | | by de road; like fixin and fer ter nap | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hisse'f=Patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/59/) - ↑ back to [XIX. the Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/22/)