--- title: "Very well," he said, "I'll come around and help you pack up, but be… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Very well," he said, "I'll come around and help you pack up, but before you go I want you to tell Sister here how you went to war and fought for the Union.--Remus was a famous warrior," he continued, turning to Miss Theodosia; "he volunteered for one day, and commanded an army of one. 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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 (Remus, you), 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:pg2306:46:41 # text = "Very well," he said, "I'll come around and help you pack up, but before you go I want you to tell Sister here how you went to war and fought for the Union.--Remus was a famous warrior," he continued, turning to Miss Theodosia; "he volunteered for one day, and commanded an army of one. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 around around ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 pack pack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 before before SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 Sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 iobj _ _ 30 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Union Union PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 56 Theodosia Theodosia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 volunteered volunteer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nummod _ _ 63 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 67 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Remus | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come around** *in a quote* | future | Remus | | | | | around *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | Remus *not said here* | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **pack up** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Remus | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | Sister | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | past | you | | | war | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **fight** *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | for the Union | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Remus | a famous warrior | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **continue** | past | Remus | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **turn** | gerund | Remus *not said here* | | Miss | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to miss=Result | | 13 | **volunteer** *in a quote* | past | Remus | | | | day | | vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **command** *in a quote* | past | Remus *not said here* | a army of one | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/42/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)