--- title: Brer Fox, he in fer dem kinder pranks, en 'twa'n't no time 'fo' Brer… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Brer Fox, he in fer dem kinder pranks, en 'twa'n't no time 'fo' Brer Rabbit had ole Brer Fox harness up dar in his place, en den he make like he got ter make 'as'e en git de pills fer dem sick chilluns. Who acts: Brer Rabbit, Fox, ter. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel C --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/30/) [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/) / 30 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 30 Brer Fox, he in fer dem kinder pranks, en 'twa'n't no time 'fo' Brer Rabbit had ole Brer Fox harness up dar in his place, en den he make like he got ter make 'as'e en git de pills fer dem sick chilluns. **Who acts:** Brer Rabbit, Fox, ter · **What happens:** have up, make, get · **To what, where:** ole Brer Fox harness, en den, de pills 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 (Brer Rabbit, Fox, ter), 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:pg2306:32:30 # text = Brer Fox, he in fer dem kinder pranks, en 'twa'n't no time 'fo' Brer Rabbit had ole Brer Fox harness up dar in his place, en den he make like he got ter make 'as'e en git de pills fer dem sick chilluns. 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 twa' twa' INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 22 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 20 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 28 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 like like SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 ter ter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 as'e as'e NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 pills pill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 48 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 amod _ _ 49 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 50 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 chilluns chillun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have up** | past | Brer Rabbit | ole Brer Fox harness | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | Fox | en den *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | Fox | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | present | ter | de pills fer dem sick chilluns | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pill=Product | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/31/) - ↑ back to [XXIX. 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