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title: At de 'p'inted time yer come de Ole Boy atter de blacksmif, but stil… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: At de 'p'inted time yer come de Ole Boy atter de blacksmif, but still de blacksmif had some jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en he ax de Bad Man fer ter take holt er de sludge en he he'p 'im out; en de Bad Man, he 'low dat r'er'n be disperlite, he don't keer ef he do hit 'er a biff er two; en wid 
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXXII. "jacky-my-lantern" \*1, sentence 24

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At de 'p'inted time yer come de Ole Boy atter de blacksmif, but still de blacksmif had some jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en he ax de Bad Man fer ter take holt er de sludge en he he'p 'im out; en de Bad Man, he 'low dat r'er'n be disperlite, he don't keer ef he do hit 'er a biff er two; en wid dat he grab up de sludge, en dar he wuz 'gin, kase he done conju'd de sludge so dat whosomedever tuck 'er up can't put 'er down less'n de blacksmif say de wud.

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**Who acts:** yer, de blacksmif, jobs, de, ter, Bad fer ter · **What happens:** p'int, come, have, dat, bleedz, finish up · **To what, where:** de, holt, ter, ef, dat, de sludge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (yer, de blacksmif, jobs, de), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:35:24
# text = At de 'p'inted time yer come de Ole Boy atter de blacksmif, but still de blacksmif had some jobs dat he bleedzd ter finish up, en he ax de Bad Man fer ter take holt er de sludge en he he'p 'im out; en de Bad Man, he 'low dat r'er'n be disperlite, he don't keer ef he do hit 'er a biff er two; en wid dat he grab up de sludge, en dar he wuz 'gin, kase he done conju'd de sludge so dat whosomedever tuck 'er up can't put 'er down less'n de blacksmif say de wud.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	de	de	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	p'inted	p'int	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	yer	yer	PRON	PRP	Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	de	de	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Ole	Ole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	atter	atter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	compound	_	_
13	blacksmif	blacksmif	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	18	compound	_	_
18	blacksmif	blacksmif	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
20	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	21	det	_	_
21	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	dat	dat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	bleedzd	bleedz	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	ccomp	_	_
25	ter	ter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
26	finish	finish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	ccomp	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	ax	ax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	parataxis	_	_
32	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	31	flat:foreign	_	_
33	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
34	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	fer	fer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	ter	ter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	parataxis	_	_
38	holt	holt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
39	er	er	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	42	nsubj	_	_
40	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	39	flat:foreign	_	_
41	sludge	sludge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
44	he'p	he'p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	im	im	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl:relcl	_	_
47	out	out	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
50	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	52	compound	_	_
51	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
55	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
57	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	r'er'n	r'er'n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
59	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	cop	_	_
60	disperlite	disperlite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
62	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
63	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	65	advmod	_	_
65	keer	keer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	conj	_	_
66	ef	ef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	parataxis	_	_
70	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	er	er	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
72	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
73	biff	biff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	compound	_	_
74	er	er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
75	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	74	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	78	punct	_	_
77	en	en	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	78	dep	_	_
78	wid	wi	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
79	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obj	_	_
80	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	nsubj	_	_
81	grab	grab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	78	ccomp	_	_
82	up	up	ADP	RP	_	81	compound:prt	_	_
83	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
84	sludge	sludge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
86	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	compound	_	_
87	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	conj	_	_
88	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	nsubj	_	_
89	wuz	wuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	conj	_	_
90	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	91	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	gin	gin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	93	punct	_	_
93	kase	kase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	conj	_	_
94	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	95	nsubj	_	_
95	done	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	89	acl:relcl	_	_
96	conju	conju	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	99	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
97	'd	'd	PART	POS	_	96	case	_	_
98	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	99	amod	_	_
99	sludge	sludge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	obj	_	_
100	so	so	ADV	RB	_	101	advmod	_	_
101	dat	dat	X	GW	_	109	nsubj	_	_
102	whosomedever	whosomedever	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	103	det	_	_
103	tuck	tuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	101	flat	_	_
104	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	101	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	er	e	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	101	advmod	_	_
106	up	up	ADP	RP	_	105	compound:prt	_	_
107	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	109	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	109	advmod	_	_
109	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	95	advcl	_	_
110	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	109	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
111	er	er	ADV	RB	_	112	advmod	_	_
112	down	downfall	X	GW	_	116	nsubj	_	_
113	less'n	less'n	X	NN	_	112	goeswith	_	_
114	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	112	flat	_	_
115	blacksmif	blacksmif	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	112	flat	_	_
116	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	109	parataxis	_	_
117	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	118	compound	_	_
118	wud	wud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	116	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **p'int** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | yer |  |  | de | time | de Ole Boy atter and de blacksmif | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at de=Location |
| 3 | **have** | past | de blacksmif |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **dat** | present | some jobs |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **bleedz** | past | de |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **finish up** | present | ter |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 7 | **ax** |  | ter |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **take** | infinitive | Bad fer ter | holt |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holt=Theme |
| 9 | **en** |  | er |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **im out** | participle · passive |  | ter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **man** |  | en |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **is** | infinitive | ter |  |  |  |  | disperlite *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **not** **keer** | present · do-support | ter | ef |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 14 | **hit** | present · do-support | ter |  |  |  |  | er a biff er | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 15 | **wi** | past | yer *not said here* | dat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 16 | **grab up** | present | ter | de sludge and en dar and wuz |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sludge=Theme |
| 17 | **wuz** |  | ter |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 18 | **do** | past | gin and kase | conju's de sludge |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sludge=Eventuality |
| 19 | **not** **put** | can | dat |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 20 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | down | de wud |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wud=Topic |

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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.

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**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.

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