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title: "HIT turn out one time," said Uncle Remus, grinding some crumbs of t… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: "HIT turn out one time," said Uncle Remus, grinding some crumbs of tobacco between the palms of his hands, preparatory to enjoying his usual smoke after supper--"hit turn out one time dat Brer Rabbit make so free wid de man's collard-patch dat de man he tuck'n sot a trap fer ole Brer Rabbit." Who ac
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 1

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"HIT turn out one time," said Uncle Remus, grinding some crumbs of tobacco between the palms of his hands, preparatory to enjoying his usual smoke after supper--"hit turn out one time dat Brer Rabbit make so free wid de man's collard-patch dat de man he tuck'n sot a trap fer ole Brer Rabbit."

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**Who acts:** Uncle Remus, de man, Remus · **What happens:** hit, turn out, say, grind, enjoy, make · **To what, where:** crumbs, usual smoke, one time dat, patch dat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uncle Remus, de man, Remus), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:32:1
# text = "HIT turn out one time," said Uncle Remus, grinding some crumbs of tobacco between the palms of his hands, preparatory to enjoying his usual smoke after supper--"hit turn out one time dat Brer Rabbit make so free wid de man's collard-patch dat de man he tuck'n sot a trap fer ole Brer Rabbit."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	HIT	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	grinding	grind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	tobacco	tobacco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	between	between	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	preparatory	preparatory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
26	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
27	enjoying	enjoy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
29	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	after	after	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
36	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	ccomp	_	_
37	out	out	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	_
38	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
39	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
41	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
42	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	flat	_	_
43	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
44	so	so	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	wid	wid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
47	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	46	flat	_	_
48	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	's	's	PART	POS	_	48	case	_	_
50	collard	collard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
54	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	55	compound	_	_
55	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	tuck'n	tuck'n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	sot	sot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	acl:relcl	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
60	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
61	fer	fer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	ole	ole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
63	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn out** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **grind** | gerund | Uncle Remus *not said here* | some crumbs of tobacco between the palms of Remus's hands and preparatory |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Patient |
| 5 | **enjoy** | gerund | Uncle Remus *not said here* | Remus's usual smoke |  |  | after supper |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smoke=Stimulus |
| 6 | **hit** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **turn out** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | one time dat |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dat=Theme |
| 8 | **make** *in a quote* | present |  | wid man's patch dat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dat=Product |
| 9 | **sot** *in a quote* |  | de man | wid man's patch dat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **smoke** |  | Remus |  |  |  |  |  | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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