--- title: Dar he see ole Miss Fox, en he tell 'er dat he done fotch her some n… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Dar he see ole Miss Fox, en he tell 'er dat he done fotch her some nice beef w'at 'er ole man sont 'er, but she ain't gotter look at it twel she go ter eat it. Who acts: Dar, gotter, dat. 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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 (Dar, gotter, dat), 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:pg2306:37:41 # text = Dar he see ole Miss Fox, en he tell 'er dat he done fotch her some nice beef w'at 'er ole man sont 'er, but she ain't gotter look at it twel she go ter eat it. 1 Dar Dar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 fotch fotch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 19 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 er e ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 24 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 sont sont NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 er er INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ai be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 gotter gotter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 ter ter ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | infinitive | Dar | ole Miss Fox | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | dar | er dat | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dat=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | past | dar | er dat *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fotch** | infinitive | dar *not said here* | dat | | | | ole man sont *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **look** | infinitive | gotter | | | | | at twel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at twel=Theme | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | dat | twel *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **eat** | infinitive | dat *not said here* | gotter | | | | ter *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/37/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/37/42/) - ↑ back to [XXXIV. the Sad Fate of Mr. Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/37/)