--- title: "One time," said Uncle Remus, carefully taking up the thread of the… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "One time," said Uncle Remus, carefully taking up the thread of the story where it had been dropped, "hit turn out dat Brer Rabbit bin makin' so free wid Mr. Man's greens en truck dat Mr. Man, he tuck'n sot a trap for Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit he so greedy dat he tuck'n walk right spang in it, 'fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/19/) [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/) / [XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/) / 19 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 19 "One time," said Uncle Remus, carefully taking up the thread of the story where it had been dropped, "hit turn out dat Brer Rabbit bin makin' so free wid Mr. Man's greens en truck dat Mr. Man, he tuck'n sot a trap for Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit he so greedy dat he tuck'n walk right spang in it, 'fo' he know hisse'f. **Who acts:** Uncle Remus, dat, trap · **What happens:** say, take up, drop, hit, turn out, bin · **To what, where:** thread, dat, makin, tuck'n sot, en Brer Rabbit, trap · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, dat, trap), 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:pg2306:32:19 # text = "One time," said Uncle Remus, carefully taking up the thread of the story where it had been dropped, "hit turn out dat Brer Rabbit bin makin' so free wid Mr. Man's greens en truck dat Mr. Man, he tuck'n sot a trap for Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit he so greedy dat he tuck'n walk right spang in it, 'fo' he know hisse'f. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 26 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 30 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 bin bin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 makin makin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wid wid NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 37 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:desc _ _ 38 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 greens green NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 41 en en ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 truck truck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:desc _ _ 45 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 tuck'n tuck'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 sot sot NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 57 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 acl:relcl _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 61 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 tuck'n tuck'n CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 advcl _ _ 66 right right ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 spang spang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl:relcl _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 75 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 75 punct _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 conj _ _ 76 hisse'f hisse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle Remus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take up** | gerund | Uncle Remus *not said here* | the thread of the story | | | | carefully *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme | | 3 | **drop** | past · perfect · passive | | thread | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **turn out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | dat | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dat=Theme | | 6 | **bin** *in a quote* | present | | makin | | | | Man Mr. *obl* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent makin=Theme | | 7 | **sot** *in a quote* | | dat | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **rabbit** *in a quote* | | a trap for Brer Rabbit | tuck'n sot *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **walk** *in a quote* | infinitive | dat | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **spang** *in a quote* | infinitive | dat | en Brer Rabbit *not said here* | | trap | | right *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | dat | hisse'f | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hisse'f=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/20/) - ↑ back to [XXIX. 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