--- title: When, therefore, on the 12th of October, 1870--the date is duly reco… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: When, therefore, on the 12th of October, 1870--the date is duly recorded in one of Miss Theodosia's letters--she alighted from the cars in Atlanta, in the midst of a great crowd, she fully expected to find her brother waiting to receive her. Who acts: Vermont, great crowd, brother, Miss Theodosia. 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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 (Vermont, great crowd, brother, Miss Theodosia), 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:pg2306:46:4 # text = When, therefore, on the 12th of October, 1870--the date is duly recorded in one of Miss Theodosia's letters--she alighted from the cars in Atlanta, in the midst of a great crowd, she fully expected to find her brother waiting to receive her. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 12th 12th NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 1870 1870 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 duly duly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Theodosia Theodosia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Atlanta Atlanta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 fully fully ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | present · passive | | the date | | | | in one of Miss Theodosia's letters; duly, therefore *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in one=Destination | | 2 | **alight** | participle | Vermont | | | the cars | | in Atlanta | tree rules | | 3 | **expect** | past | Vermont | a great crowd *not said here* | | | | fully *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a great crowd *not said here* | Vermont's brother | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | Vermont's brother *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **receive** | to-infinitive | Vermont's brother *not said here* | Vermont | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **letter** | | Miss Theodosia | | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/5/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)