--- title: I ain't bin useter no cunjun myse'f, but I bin livin' long nuff fer… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I ain't bin useter no cunjun myse'f, but I bin livin' long nuff fer ter know w'en you meets up wid a big black cat in de middle er de road, wid yaller eyeballs, dar's yo' witch fresh fum de Ole Boy. Who acts: I, you, w'en, yo. 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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 (I, you, w'en, yo), 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:pg2306:34:32 # text = I ain't bin useter no cunjun myse'f, but I bin livin' long nuff fer ter know w'en you meets up wid a big black cat in de middle er de road, wid yaller eyeballs, dar's yo' witch fresh fum de Ole Boy. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 ai ai AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bin bin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 useter useter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 7 cunjun cunjun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 myse'f myse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bin bin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 livin livin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 nuff nuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 20 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 31 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 de de ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 yaller yaller NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 eyeballs eyeball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 44 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 45 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 fum fum NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 47 de de ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 Ole Ole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bin** | | I | useter | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bin** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **livin** | gerund | I *not said here* | long fer ter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **meet up** | present | you | w'en *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent w'en=Co-Agent | | 6 | **wi** | past | w'en | a big black cat | | de middle er de road and wid yaller eyeballs | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fum** | | dar's yo | | | | | de Ole Boy | tree rules | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/33/) - ↑ back to [XXXI. a Plantation Witch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/)