--- title: I won't say I wuz skeer'd," said Uncle Remus, as though endeavoring… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I won't say I wuz skeer'd," said Uncle Remus, as though endeavoring to recall something he failed to remember, "I won't say I wuz skeer'd, kaze I wuzzent; but I wuz took'n wid a mighty funny feelin' in de naberhood er de gizzard. Who acts: I, Uncle Remus, Remus, took'n. 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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 (I, Uncle Remus, Remus, took'n), 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:pg2306:46:100 # text = I won't say I wuz skeer'd," said Uncle Remus, as though endeavoring to recall something he failed to remember, "I won't say I wuz skeer'd, kaze I wuzzent; but I wuz took'n wid a mighty funny feelin' in de naberhood er de gizzard. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 skeer skeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd 'd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 though though SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 endeavoring endeavor VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 recall recall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 skeer skeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 'd 'd PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 kaze kaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 wuzzent wuzzent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 43 took'n took'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 feelin feelin NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 52 compound _ _ 52 naberhood naberhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 er er X FW _ 55 compound _ _ 54 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 53 flat:foreign _ _ 55 gizzard gizzard NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | future | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wuz** | present | I | skeer 'd | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Uncle Remus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **endeavor** *in a quote* | gerund | Uncle Remus *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **recall** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Uncle Remus *not said here* | something | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 6 | **fail** *in a quote* | past | Remus | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **remember** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Remus *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | future | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **wuz** | present | I | skeer | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **wuzzent** | present | I | kaze *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **wuz** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **wi** | past | took'n | a mighty funny feelin | | de naberhood | | | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/101/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)