--- title: "Hit seem like," continued Uncle Remus, "dat witch fokes is got a sl… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Hit seem like," continued Uncle Remus, "dat witch fokes is got a slit in de back er de neck, en w'en dey wanter change derse'f, dey des pull de hide over der head same ez if 'twuz a shut, en dar dey is." Who acts: de neck, derse'f. 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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 (de neck, derse'f), 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:pg2306:34:45 # text = "Hit seem like," continued Uncle Remus, "dat witch fokes is got a slit in de back er de neck, en w'en dey wanter change derse'f, dey des pull de hide over der head same ez if 'twuz a shut, en dar dey is." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 3 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 like like INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 fokes foke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 slit slit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 er e ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 23 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 27 w'en w'en NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 flat _ _ 28 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 wanter wanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 30 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 31 derse'f derse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 des des NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 36 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 37 discourse _ _ 37 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 ez ez NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 twuz twuz X FW Foreign=Yes 52 dep _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 47 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 en en ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 52 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | hit *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **continue** | past | | Uncle Remus | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | | witch fokes | | de | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary slit=Theme | | 4 | **change** *in a quote* | present | de neck and en dey wanter | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pull** *in a quote* | present | derse'f and dey des | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | derse'f and dey des *not said here* | | | der head and same ez | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over head=Location | | 7 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | derse'f and dey des *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/46/) - ↑ back to [XXXI. a Plantation Witch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/34/)