--- title: Hit's eighteen hunder'd forty-en-eight, Christ done make dat crooked… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Hit's eighteen hunder'd forty-en-eight, Christ done make dat crooked way straight-- An' I don't wanter stay yer no longer; Hit's eighteen hunder'd forty-en-nine, Christ done tu'n dat water inter wine-- An' I don't wanter stay yer no longer. Who acts: forty eight, I, eighteen hunder. 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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 (forty eight, I, eighteen hunder), 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:pg2306:42:5 # text = Hit's eighteen hunder'd forty-en-eight, Christ done make dat crooked way straight-- An' I don't wanter stay yer no longer; Hit's eighteen hunder'd forty-en-nine, Christ done tu'n dat water inter wine-- An' I don't wanter stay yer no longer. 1 Hit Hit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hunder hunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 6 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 13 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 straight straight ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 wanter wanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 26 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 27 yer yer PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 no no ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 31 Hit Hit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 hunder hunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 43 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 44 tu'n tu'n CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 dat dat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 inter inter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 54 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 wanter wanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 56 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 57 yer yer PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 no no ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | forty eight Christ | dat crooked way | | | | straight *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 3 | **not** **wanter** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** | infinitive | forty eight Christ *not said here* | yer | | | | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme yer=Location | | 5 | **do** | past | Hit's eighteen hunder forty Christ | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **wanter** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stay** | infinitive | Hit's eighteen hunder forty Christ *not said here* | yer | | | | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme yer=Location | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/42/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/42/6/) - ↑ back to [1. a Plantation Chant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/42/)