--- title: Hit tored up de groun' all 'roun', en de dogs, dey rush up, but dey… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Hit tored up de groun' all 'roun', en de dogs, dey rush up, but dey wa'n't no rabbit dar; but bimeby Mars Jeems, he seed de dogs tuckin' der tails 'tween der legs, en he look up, en dar wuz de rabbit caperin' 'roun' on a toom stone, en wid dat Mars Jeems say he sorter feel like de time done come w'e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/37/) [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/) / [XXXI. a Plantation Witch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/) / 37 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXI. a Plantation Witch, sentence 37 Hit tored up de groun' all 'roun', en de dogs, dey rush up, but dey wa'n't no rabbit dar; but bimeby Mars Jeems, he seed de dogs tuckin' der tails 'tween der legs, en he look up, en dar wuz de rabbit caperin' 'roun' on a toom stone, en wid dat Mars Jeems say he sorter feel like de time done come w'en yo' gran'ma was 'specktin' un him home, en he call off de dogs en put out. **Who acts:** you, dogs, dey, der tails, Mars, w'en yo · **What happens:** hit, tor up, rush up, not dar, seed, leg · **To what, where:** bimeby Mars, en, specktin un, dogs en · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXXI. a Plantation Witch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, dogs, dey, der tails), 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:pg2306:34:37 # text = Hit tored up de groun' all 'roun', en de dogs, dey rush up, but dey wa'n't no rabbit dar; but bimeby Mars Jeems, he seed de dogs tuckin' der tails 'tween der legs, en he look up, en dar wuz de rabbit caperin' 'roun' on a toom stone, en wid dat Mars Jeems say he sorter feel like de time done come w'en yo' gran'ma was 'specktin' un him home, en he call off de dogs en put out. 1 Hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 tored tor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 de de ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 groun groun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ', ', PART POS _ 9 dep _ _ 11 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 11 flat:foreign _ _ 13 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 rush rush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 wa' wa' INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 24 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 bimeby bimeby NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 30 Jeems Jeems PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 34 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 33 flat:foreign _ _ 35 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 compound _ _ 36 tuckin tuckin NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 38 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ _ 39 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 40 ' 's PART POS _ 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 tween tween NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 42 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 43 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 parataxis _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 53 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 caperin caperin NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 toom toom NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 66 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod:desc _ _ 68 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 69 Jeems Jeems PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 flat _ _ 70 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 ccomp _ _ 74 like like ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 77 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 xcomp _ _ 78 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 parataxis _ _ 79 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 80 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 82 punct _ _ 82 gran'ma gran'ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 conj _ _ 83 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 87 cop _ _ 84 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 specktin specktin NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 85 punct _ _ 87 un un NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 parataxis _ _ 88 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nmod _ _ 89 home home ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 91 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 nsubj _ _ 92 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 93 nsubj _ _ 93 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 78 parataxis _ _ 94 off off ADP RP _ 93 compound:prt _ _ 95 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 compound _ _ 96 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 97 compound _ _ 97 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 xcomp _ _ 98 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 97 acl _ _ 99 out out ADP RP _ 98 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | bimeby Mars | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tor up** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | de groun and roun en | tree rules | | 3 | **rush up** | present | dogs and dey | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **dar** | | dey | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **seed** | | dey | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leg** | | der tails | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **look up** | infinitive | dey | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mars wid dat | en *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **feel** | infinitive | Mars | | | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **do** | participle | Mars *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **is a** | past | w'en yo and gran'ma | specktin un | | | | Mars *nmod* | tree rules | | 13 | **call off** *speech: assert* | infinitive | en | dogs en | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **put out** | participle | | dogs en *not said here* | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/38/) - ↑ back to [XXXI. a Plantation Witch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/)