--- title: The quick ear of Uncle Remus, however, had detected the presence of… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: The quick ear of Uncle Remus, however, had detected the presence of the little boy, and he allowed his song to run into a recitation of nonsense, of which the following, if it be rapidly spoken, will give a faint idea: Who acts: boy, song. 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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 (boy, song), 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:pg2306:31:5 # text = The quick ear of Uncle Remus, however, had detected the presence of the little boy, and he allowed his song to run into a recitation of nonsense, of which the following, if it be rapidly spoken, will give a faint idea: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 however however ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 detected detect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 recitation recitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **detect** | past · perfect · passive | | the quick ear of Uncle Remus | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **allow** | past | boy | boy's song | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer song=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **run** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy's song *not said here* | | | | | into a recitation of nonsense *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into recitation=Result | | 4 | **follow** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent of which=Trajectory | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | ear | | | | rapidly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | future | | a faint idea | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | | 7 | **sing** | | boy | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **recite** | | | nonsense | | | | | nom recitation «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/6/) - ↑ back to [XXVIII. the End of Mr. Bear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/31/)