--- title: "Yasser," continued Uncle Remus, with an ominous sigh and mysterious… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Yasser," continued Uncle Remus, with an ominous sigh and mysterious shake of the head, "ef dey ain't some quare gwines on in dish yer naberhood, den I'm de ball-headest creetur 'twix' dis en nex' Jinawerry wuz a year 'go, w'ich I knows I ain't. Who acts: Yasser, quare gwines, I, ball. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Yasser, quare gwines, I, ball), 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:pg2306:34:10 # text = "Yasser," continued Uncle Remus, with an ominous sigh and mysterious shake of the head, "ef dey ain't some quare gwines on in dish yer naberhood, den I'm de ball-headest creetur 'twix' dis en nex' Jinawerry wuz a year 'go, w'ich I knows I ain't. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yasser Yasser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 ominous ominous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sigh sigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 shake shake NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ef ef ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 26 quare quare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 gwines gwine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 naberhood naberhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 38 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 headest head VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 creetur creetur NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 twix twix NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 45 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 nex nex NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 49 Jinawerry Jinawerry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 ' 's PART POS _ 52 case _ SpaceAfter=No 54 go go NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 w'ich w'ich NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 ai be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | Yasser | Uncle Remus | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent remus=Theme | | 2 | **not** **naberhood** *in a quote* | | some quare gwines on dish | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | ball *obl*; de *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **head** *in a quote* | present | ball *not said here* | creetur and twix en nex | | | | | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creetur=Theme | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I | w'ich *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer w'ich=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/11/) - ↑ back to [XXXI. a Plantation Witch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/)