--- title: "De little Rabbits, dey run down't de spring, en try ter dip up de w… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "De little Rabbits, dey run down't de spring, en try ter dip up de water wid de sifter, but co'se hit all run out, en hit keep on runnin' out, twel bimeby de little Rabbits sot down en 'gun ter cry. Who acts: De little Rabbits, co'se, en. 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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 (De little Rabbits, co'se, 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:pg2306:25:28 # text = "De little Rabbits, dey run down't de spring, en try ter dip up de water wid de sifter, but co'se hit all run out, en hit keep on runnin' out, twel bimeby de little Rabbits sot down en 'gun ter cry. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 De De PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 dow dow ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 10 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 11 compound _ _ 11 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 15 ter ter PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 dip dip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 19 compound _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 22 compound _ _ 22 sifter sifter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 co'se co'se NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 runnin runnin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 bimeby bimeby NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 de de ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 44 sot sot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 45 down down ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run** *in a quote* | present | De little Rabbits and dey | | | | spring | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** *in a quote* | infinitive | De little Rabbits and dey *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **dip up** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | De little Rabbits and dey *not said here* | de water | | | | wid de sifter *obl* | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme | | 4 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | co'se | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run out** *in a quote* | present | co'se *not said here* | | | | | all *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | en | twel bimeby | | | | de little Rabbits | tree rules | | 7 | **keep out** *in a quote* | infinitive | en *not said here* | | | runnin | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on runnin=Location | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/25/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/25/29/) - ↑ back to [XXII. a Story About the Little Rabbits](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/25/)