--- title: Den he up'n ax Brer Buzzard how he gwine do, en Brer Buzzard he up'n… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Den he up'n ax Brer Buzzard how he gwine do, en Brer Buzzard he up'n say dat he kyar Brer Rabbit 'cross, en wid dat ole Brer Buzzard, he squot down, he did, en spread his wings, en Brer Rabbit, he mounted, en up dey riz." Who acts: Den, en. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by J --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/24/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/) / [XXI. Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/24/) / 20 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXI. Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again, sentence 20 Den he up'n ax Brer Buzzard how he gwine do, en Brer Buzzard he up'n say dat he kyar Brer Rabbit 'cross, en wid dat ole Brer Buzzard, he squot down, he did, en spread his wings, en Brer Rabbit, he mounted, en up dey riz." **Who acts:** Den, en · **What happens:** ax, do, say, kyar, squot, spread · **To what, where:** Brer, wings, en · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXI. Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Den, en), 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:pg2306:24:20 # text = Den he up'n ax Brer Buzzard how he gwine do, en Brer Buzzard he up'n say dat he kyar Brer Rabbit 'cross, en wid dat ole Brer Buzzard, he squot down, he did, en spread his wings, en Brer Rabbit, he mounted, en up dey riz." 1 Den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 up'n up'n CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 ax ax VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 Buzzard Buzzard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 14 Buzzard Buzzard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 up'n up'n CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 18 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 kyar kyar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 23 ' 's PART POS _ 21 case _ SpaceAfter=No 24 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 ole ole NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:desc _ _ 30 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 Buzzard Buzzard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 squot squot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 47 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 54 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 riz riz NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ax** | infinitive | Den | Brer | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | Den | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | en | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kyar** | | en | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **squot** | | en | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past | en | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **spread** | past | en | en's wings and en | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 8 | **mount up** | past | en | en | | | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent en=Theme riz=Destination | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/24/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/24/21/) - ↑ back to [XXI. 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