--- title: "W'en I see deze yer swell-head folks like dat 'oman w'at come en te… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "W'en I see deze yer swell-head folks like dat 'oman w'at come en tell yo' ma 'bout you chunkin' at her chilluns, w'ich yo' ma make Mars John strop you, hit make my mine run back to ole Brer B'ar. Who acts: en, chilluns. 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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 (en, chilluns), 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:pg2306:31:17 # text = "W'en I see deze yer swell-head folks like dat 'oman w'at come en tell yo' ma 'bout you chunkin' at her chilluns, w'ich yo' ma make Mars John strop you, hit make my mine run back to ole Brer B'ar. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 W'en W'en PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 deze deze NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 7 swell swell NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 oman oman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 17 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 19 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 bout bout ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 chunkin chunkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 chilluns chillun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 w'ich w'ich NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 36 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 strop strop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 45 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl:agent _ _ 50 B'ar B'ar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | en | W'en | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | en | | yo ma | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ma=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present | hanspike's chilluns and w'ich yo | Mars John | | | | bout chunkin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset john=Product | | 5 | **strop** *in a quote* | present | hanspike's chilluns and w'ich yo *not said here* | yo ma *= ma* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | hanspike's chilluns and w'ich yo *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | hanspike's chilluns and w'ich yo *not said here* | en | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **run back** *in a quote* | infinitive | en *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/18/) - ↑ back to [XXVIII. the End of Mr. Bear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/)