--- title: De Bad Man sorter do like he ain't got no time fer ter tarry, but de… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: De Bad Man sorter do like he ain't got no time fer ter tarry, but de blacksmif say he got some little jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en den he ax de Bad Man fer ter set down a minnit; en de Bad Man, he tuck'n sot down, en he sot in dat cheer w'at he done conju'd en, co'se, dar he wuz. Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/35/20/) [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/) / [XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" \*1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/35/) / 20 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" \*1, sentence 20 De Bad Man sorter do like he ain't got no time fer ter tarry, but de blacksmif say he got some little jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en den he ax de Bad Man fer ter set down a minnit; en de Bad Man, he tuck'n sot down, en he sot in dat cheer w'at he done conju'd en, co'se, dar he wuz. **Who acts:** De Man sorter, de blacksmif, sorter, ter, Bad fer ter, en · **What happens:** do, not get, say, get, bleedz, finish up · **To what, where:** little jobs, minnit, cheer w'at, en · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" \*1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (De Man sorter, de blacksmif, sorter, ter), 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:pg2306:35:20 # text = De Bad Man sorter do like he ain't got no time fer ter tarry, but de blacksmif say he got some little jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en den he ax de Bad Man fer ter set down a minnit; en de Bad Man, he tuck'n sot down, en he sot in dat cheer w'at he done conju'd en, co'se, dar he wuz. 1 De De PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 Bad Bad ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 1 flat _ _ 3 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 like like SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ai be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 tarry tarry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 19 compound _ _ 19 blacksmif blacksmif NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 dat dat SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bleedzd bleedz VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 29 ter ter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 finish finish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 ax ax NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 37 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 36 flat:foreign _ _ 38 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 42 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 minnit minnit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 47 flat:foreign _ _ 49 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 tuck'n tuck'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 sot sot NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 55 down down ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 sot sot NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 cheer cheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 66 conju conju PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 67 'd 'd PART POS _ 66 case _ _ 68 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 co'se co'se NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | De Man sorter | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **get** | past | De Man sorter *not said here* | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | de blacksmif | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** | past | sorter | some little jobs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | | 5 | **bleedz** | past | sorter | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **finish up** | present | ter | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **ax** | | ter | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **set down** | participle | Bad fer ter *not said here* | a minnit | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient minnit=Result | | 9 | **man** | | en | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **sot down** | | sorter | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **sot** | | sorter | | | cheer w'at | | | tree rules | | 12 | **do** | past | sorter | conju's en and co'se | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Eventuality | | 13 | **wuz** | | sorter | | | | | | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/35/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/35/21/) - ↑ back to [XXXII. 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