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title: "Bimeby, one day, atter Brer Fox bin doin' all dat he could fer ter… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: "Bimeby, one day, atter Brer Fox bin doin' all dat he could fer ter ketch Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit bein doin' all he could fer ter keep 'im fum it, Brer Fox say to hisse'f dat he'd put up a game on Brer Rabbit, en he ain't mo'n got de wuds out'n his mouf twel Brer Rabbit came a lopin' up de big r
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, I. Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, sentence 5

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"Bimeby, one day, atter Brer Fox bin doin' all dat he could fer ter ketch Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit bein doin' all he could fer ter keep 'im fum it, Brer Fox say to hisse'f dat he'd put up a game on Brer Rabbit, en he ain't mo'n got de wuds out'n his mouf twel Brer Rabbit came a lopin' up de big road, lookin' des ez plump, en ez fat, en ez sassy ez a Moggin hoss in a barley-patch.

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**Who acts:** Bimeby, dat, doin, im, fer ter ketch, mo'n · **What happens:** bin, ketch, keep, fum, say, put up · **To what, where:** doin, en, Brer, game, lopin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, I. Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bimeby, dat, doin, im), 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:pg2306:4:5
# text = "Bimeby, one day, atter Brer Fox bin doin' all dat he could fer ter ketch Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit bein doin' all he could fer ter keep 'im fum it, Brer Fox say to hisse'f dat he'd put up a game on Brer Rabbit, en he ain't mo'n got de wuds out'n his mouf twel Brer Rabbit came a lopin' up de big road, lookin' des ez plump, en ez fat, en ez sassy ez a Moggin hoss in a barley-patch.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bimeby	Bimeby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	atter	atter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	bin	bin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	doin	doin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	fer	f	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
18	ter	ter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	ketch	ketch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
20	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
21	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
24	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
25	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	_
26	bein	bein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	doin	doin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	_
29	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	conj	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
31	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
32	fer	f	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	33	amod	_	_
33	ter	ter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
34	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
35	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	im	im	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
37	fum	fum	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	ccomp	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
41	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	_
42	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	hisse'f	hisse'f	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	_
45	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	ccomp	_	_
49	up	up	ADP	RP	_	48	compound:prt	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
52	on	on	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
56	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	ai	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	61	advmod	_	_
60	mo'n	mo'n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
61	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	ccomp	_	_
62	de	de	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
63	wuds	wud	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	parataxis	_	_
64	out'n	out'n	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
65	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
66	mouf	mouf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	compound	_	_
67	twel	twel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	nsubj	_	_
68	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	appos	_	_
69	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	flat	_	_
70	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	conj	_	_
71	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	lopin	lopin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	77	punct	_	_
74	up	up	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
75	de	de	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
76	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
79	lookin	lookin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	79	punct	_	_
81	des	des	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
82	ez	ez	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	83	amod	_	_
83	plump	plump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
85	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	compound	_	_
86	ez	ez	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	87	amod	_	_
87	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
89	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	conj	_	_
90	ez	ez	ADV	FW	_	91	advmod	_	_
91	sassy	sassy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	89	amod	_	_
92	ez	ez	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	91	dep	_	_
93	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
94	Moggin	Moggin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	95	compound	_	_
95	hoss	hoss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	appos	_	_
96	in	in	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
97	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	100	det	_	_
98	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	100	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	98	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bin** *in a quote* | present | Bimeby | doin |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent doin=Theme |
| 2 | **ketch** *in a quote* | could | all dat |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** *in a quote* | could | doin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fum** *in a quote* | present | im | en |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | fer ter ketch and en *not said here* | Brer |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **put up** *in a quote* | past · perfect | doin | a game |  |  |  | to hisse'f dat | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent game=Goal |
| 7 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | past | mo'n |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **wud** *in a quote* | present | en |  |  |  |  | on Brer Rabbit | tree rules |
| 9 | **come** *in a quote* | past | dat's mouf twel | a lopin |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lopin=Theme |

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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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