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title: Now den," continued the old man, with pretty much the air of one who… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: Now den," continued the old man, with pretty much the air of one who had been the master of similar ceremonies, "de progance wuz dish yer: Eve'y gent wer ter have th'ee licks at de rock, en de gent w'at fetch de dus' he were de one w'at gwineter take de pick er de gals. Who acts: one, de, Eve'y wer 
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXX. How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust, sentence 22

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Now den," continued the old man, with pretty much the air of one who had been the master of similar ceremonies, "de progance wuz dish yer: Eve'y gent wer ter have th'ee licks at de rock, en de gent w'at fetch de dus' he were de one w'at gwineter take de pick er de gals.

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**Who acts:** one, de, Eve'y wer ter, man · **What happens:** continue, be, dish, have, fetch, take · **To what, where:** den, th'ee licks, de rock, en, gent w'at fetch, de · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXX. How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, de, Eve'y wer ter, man), 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:pg2306:33:22
# text = Now den," continued the old man, with pretty much the air of one who had been the master of similar ceremonies, "de progance wuz dish yer: Eve'y gent wer ter have th'ee licks at de rock, en de gent w'at fetch de dus' he were de one w'at gwineter take de pick er de gals.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	continued	continue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nsubj	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	30	nsubj	_	_
28	progance	progance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
29	wuz	wuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
31	yer	y	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	30	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	Eve'y	eve'y	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
34	gent	gent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	wer	wer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	ter	ter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
37	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
38	th'ee	th'ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	licks	lick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
40	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	42	compound	_	_
42	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
45	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	48	nsubj	_	_
46	gent	gent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
47	w'at	w'at	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	fetch	fetch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	acl:relcl	_	_
49	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	50	compound	_	_
50	dus	dus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	50	punct	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
53	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
54	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	acl:relcl	_	_
55	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	57	nummod	_	_
56	w'at	w'at	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
57	gwineter	gwineter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl:unmarked	_	_
58	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
59	de	de	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
60	pick	pick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	er	er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
62	de	de	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	gals	gal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** *in a quote* | past |  | den |  |  |  | with the air | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past · perfect | one |  |  |  |  | of the master; of similar ceremonies and progance wuz dish | tree rules |
| 3 | **dish** |  | de |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present | Eve'y wer ter | th'ee licks |  | de rock and en |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lick=Patient |
| 5 | **fetch** |  | de | en *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | past | man | gent w'at fetch and de dus *not said here* |  |  |  | one w'at gwineter *obl:unmarked*; de *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **take** | infinitive | Eve'y wer ter *not said here* | de |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument de=Theme gal=Destination |

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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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