--- title: Tobe he wuz mighty hongry, en he look in de pot he did w'iles de coo… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Tobe he wuz mighty hongry, en he look in de pot he did w'iles de cookin' wuz gwine on, en dar he see his daddy head, en wid dat he sot up a howl en tole his mammy. Who acts: Tobe, w'iles. 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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 (Tobe, w'iles), 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:pg2306:37:43 # text = Tobe he wuz mighty hongry, en he look in de pot he did w'iles de cookin' wuz gwine on, en dar he see his daddy head, en wid dat he sot up a howl en tole his mammy. 1 Tobe Tobe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wuz wuz VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hongry hongry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 w'iles w'ile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 15 conj _ _ 17 cookin cookin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 19 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 see see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 daddy daddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 wid wid NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sot sot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 howl howl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 tole tole NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mammy mammy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wuz** | present | Tobe | | | | | hongry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | present | Tobe | en | | | | in de pot | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pot=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | Tobe | w'iles | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent w'ile=Eventuality | | 4 | **cookin up** | gerund | w'iles *not said here* | wuz gwine and en dar and dat sot | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | past | Tobe | Tobe's daddy head | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | | 6 | **sot** | | Tobe | | | | | | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/37/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/37/44/) - ↑ back to [XXXIV. the Sad Fate of Mr. Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/37/)