--- title: "Ole Brer B'ar, he spit on his han's en skint up de tree, en jam his… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Ole Brer B'ar, he spit on his han's en skint up de tree, en jam his head in de hole, en sho nuff, Brer Rabbit, he grab de pine pole, en de way he stir up dem bees wuz sinful--dat's w'at it wuz. Who acts: Ole, de tree, dem bees, head. 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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 (Ole, de tree, dem bees, head), 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:pg2306:31:48 # text = "Ole Brer B'ar, he spit on his han's en skint up de tree, en jam his head in de hole, en sho nuff, Brer Rabbit, he grab de pine pole, en de way he stir up dem bees wuz sinful--dat's w'at it wuz. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ole Ole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 B'ar B'ar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 skint skint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 16 compound _ _ 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 jam jam VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 sho sho X FW _ 28 compound _ _ 28 nuff nuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grab grab VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 35 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 41 compound _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 48 sinful sinful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spit** *in a quote* | | Ole | | | Ole's han's en | | | tree rules | | 2 | **skint up** *in a quote* | past | Ole | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **jam** *in a quote* | present | de tree and en | Ole's head | | de hole and en and sho nuff | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in hole=Destination | | 4 | **grab** *in a quote* | present | Ole | de pine pole and en | | | | de way *obl:unmarked* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme | | 5 | **stir up** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ole | | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition | | 6 | **wuz** *in a quote* | present | dem bees | | | | | sinful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wuz** *in a quote* | | head | | | | | | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/49/) - ↑ back to [XXVIII. the End of Mr. Bear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/)