--- title: "Bimeby one day, Ole Miss, she call me up en say de Yankees done gon… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Bimeby one day, Ole Miss, she call me up en say de Yankees done gone en tuck Atlanty--dish yer ve'y town; den present'y I year dey wuz a marchin' on down todes Putmon, en, lo en behol's! one day, de fus news I know'd, Mars Jeems he rid up wid a whole gang er men. 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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 (dey, Bimeby, de Yankees, den present'y), 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:pg2306:46:73 # text = "Bimeby one day, Ole Miss, she call me up en say de Yankees done gone en tuck Atlanty--dish yer ve'y town; den present'y I year dey wuz a marchin' on down todes Putmon, en, lo en behol's! one day, de fus news I know'd, Mars Jeems he rid up wid a whole gang er men. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bimeby Bimeby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 Ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 14 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Yankees yankee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 en en ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 tuck tuck NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 Atlanty Atlanty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 25 ve'y ve'y NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 present'y present'y NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 marchin marchin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 todes tode NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 40 Putmon Putmon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 lo lo INTJ UH _ 46 discourse _ _ 45 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 behol behol NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 list _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 54 advmod _ _ 53 fus fus ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 'd 'd PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 60 Jeems Jeems PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 rid rid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 63 up up ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 64 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 66 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 67 gang gang NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call up** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | dey | | en | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Bimeby and Ole Miss | de Yankees | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yankee=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | de Yankees *not said here* | gone en tuck and dish and yer ve'y town | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuck=Eventuality | | 4 | **dey** *in a quote* | | den present'y | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wuz** *in a quote* | present | | a marchin | | todes | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | en | fus news *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | | 7 | **rid up** *in a quote* | past | Putmon | Putmon and Mars *not said here* | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent putmon=Source | | 8 | **wi** *in a quote* | past | Putmon and Mars | a whole er men | | | | | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/74/) - ↑ back to [A Story of the War](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/46/)