--- title: "'Bimeby," continued the old man, "de switches, dey got frazzle out,… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "'Bimeby," continued the old man, "de switches, dey got frazzle out, en Mr. Man, he put out atter mo', en w'en he done got fa'rly outer yearin', Brer Rabbit, he show'd up, he did, kaze he des bin hidin' out in de bushes lis'nin' at de racket, en he 'low hit mighty funny dat Miss Meadows ain't come ' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/38/) [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/) / 38 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 38 "'Bimeby," continued the old man, "de switches, dey got frazzle out, en Mr. Man, he put out atter mo', en w'en he done got fa'rly outer yearin', Brer Rabbit, he show'd up, he did, kaze he des bin hidin' out in de bushes lis'nin' at de racket, en he 'low hit mighty funny dat Miss Meadows ain't come 'long, kaze he done bin down ter de doctor house, en dat's fudder dan de preacher, yit. **Who acts:** Bimeby, dey, en, kaze, mighty funny dat Miss Meadows · **What happens:** continue, get out, put out, do, get, show · **To what, where:** old man, frazzle, mo en w'en, outer yearin, hidin, de bushes · **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 (Bimeby, dey, en, kaze), 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:pg2306:32:38 # text = "'Bimeby," continued the old man, "de switches, dey got frazzle out, en Mr. Man, he put out atter mo', en w'en he done got fa'rly outer yearin', Brer Rabbit, he show'd up, he did, kaze he des bin hidin' out in de bushes lis'nin' at de racket, en he 'low hit mighty funny dat Miss Meadows ain't come 'long, kaze he done bin down ter de doctor house, en dat's fudder dan de preacher, yit. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Bimeby Bimeby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 switches switch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 frazzle frazzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 atter atter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ', ', PART POS _ 28 dep _ _ 30 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 fa'rly fa'rly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 yearin yearin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ', ', PART POS _ 37 dep _ _ 39 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 'd ' VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 ccomp _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 kaze kaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 des de VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 53 bin bin ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 hidin hidin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 out out ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 60 lis'nin lis'nin NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 60 punct _ _ 62 at at ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 de de DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 racket racket NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 nsubj _ _ 70 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 acl:relcl _ _ 71 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 72 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 73 dat dat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 74 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 78 nsubj _ _ 76 ai be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 77 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 78 advmod _ _ 78 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 ccomp _ _ 79 ' ' ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 78 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 82 kaze kaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 83 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 84 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 82 acl:relcl _ _ 85 bin bin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 xcomp _ _ 86 down down ADP RP _ 85 compound:prt _ _ 87 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 compound _ _ 88 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 87 flat:foreign _ _ 89 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 compound _ _ 90 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 92 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 compound _ _ 93 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 94 's 's PART POS _ 93 case _ _ 95 fudder fudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 compound _ _ 96 dan dan NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nmod _ _ 97 de de ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 98 preacher preacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 99 , , PUNCT , _ 100 punct _ _ 100 yit yit NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 101 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | Bimeby | the old man and de switches | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get out** *in a quote* | past | dey | frazzle | | | | Man Mr. *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **put out** *in a quote* | past | en | mo en w'en | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent w'en=Goal | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | en | mo en w'en *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent w'en=Eventuality | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Bimeby *not said here* | outer yearin | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yearin=Stimulus | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | present | en | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **' up** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | past | en | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **de bin** *in a quote* | present | kaze | hidin | | de bushes | | | tree rules | | 10 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | en | en *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | present | mighty funny dat Miss Meadows | | | | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **do** *in a quote* | past | en | kaze *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **bin down** *in a quote* | infinitive | en *not said here* | ter doctor house en dat's fudder dan de preacher and yit | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/32/39/) - ↑ back to [XXIX. 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