--- title: "Co'se, I know all about dat," responded Uncle Remus, "en it sorter… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Co'se, I know all about dat," responded Uncle Remus, "en it sorter made col' chills run up my back; but w'en I see dat man take aim, en Mars Jeems gwine home ter Ole Miss en Miss Sally, I des disremembered all 'bout freedom en lammed aloose. Who acts: Uncle Remus, soldier, chills, man. 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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 (Uncle Remus, soldier, chills, man), 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:pg2306:46:130 # text = "Co'se, I know all about dat," responded Uncle Remus, "en it sorter made col' chills run up my back; but w'en I see dat man take aim, en Mars Jeems gwine home ter Ole Miss en Miss Sally, I des disremembered all 'bout freedom en lammed aloose. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Co'se co'se NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 responded respond 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 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 col col NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 chills chill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 dat that DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 35 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 Jeems Jeems PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 41 home home ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 ter ter ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 Ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 46 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Sally Sally PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 des des X FW Foreign=Yes 51 nsubj _ _ 51 disremembered disremember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 obj _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 bout bout ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 lammed lam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl _ _ 58 aloose aloose NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Uncle Remus *= remus* | dat | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dat=Stimulus | | 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | past | Uncle Remus | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sorter** *in a quote* | | soldier | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | en sorter *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **run up** *in a quote* | present | col's chills | my back | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme back=Trajectory | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Uncle Remus *= remus* | w'en | | | | en Miss Sally *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | that man | aim | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme | | 8 | **disremember** *in a quote* | past | Uncle Remus *= remus* | all | | | | bout freedom en | tree rules | | 9 | **lam** *in a quote* | participle | freedom en *not said here* | aloose | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aloose=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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/131/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)