--- title: Yer one un um now, en he done come en excuse me er 'lowin dat rabbit… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Yer one un um now, en he done come en excuse me er 'lowin dat rabbits is got long, bushy tails, w'ich goodness knows ef I'd a dremp' it, I'd a whirl in en on-dremp it." Who acts: Yer, des, w'ich goodness. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXV. How Mr. Ra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/28/10/) [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/) / [XXV. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bush…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/28/) / 10 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXV. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail, sentence 10 Yer one un um now, en he done come en excuse me er 'lowin dat rabbits is got long, bushy tails, w'ich goodness knows ef I'd a dremp' it, I'd a whirl in en on-dremp it." **Who acts:** Yer, des, w'ich goodness · **What happens:** un, do, come, excuse, get, know · **To what, where:** en, me, long bushy tails, ef This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXV. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yer, des, w'ich goodness), 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:pg2306:28:10 # text = Yer one un um now, en he done come en excuse me er 'lowin dat rabbits is got long, bushy tails, w'ich goodness knows ef I'd a dremp' it, I'd a whirl in en on-dremp it." 1 Yer yer PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 un un NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 4 um um ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 11 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 excuse excuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 lowin lowin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 bushy bushy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 w'ich w'ich NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dremp dremp NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 whirl whirl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 dremp dremp NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **un** | | Yer | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | des | en *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | des *not said here* | en | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **excuse** | infinitive | des *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | present · passive | | long bushy tails | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: tail=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** | present | w'ich goodness | ef | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer ef=Stimulus | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/28/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/28/11/) - ↑ back to [XXV. 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