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title: THE notable difference existing between the negroes in the interior… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: THE notable difference existing between the negroes in the interior of the cotton States and those on the seaboard--a difference that extends to habits and opinions as well as to dialect--has given rise to certain ineradicable prejudices which are quick to display themselves whenever an opportunity 
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, sentence 1

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THE notable difference existing between the negroes in the interior of the cotton States and those on the seaboard--a difference that extends to habits and opinions as well as to dialect--has given rise to certain ineradicable prejudices which are quick to display themselves whenever an opportunity offers.

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**Who acts:** notable difference, difference, certain ineradicable prejudices, opportunity · **What happens:** exist, extend, give, rise, be, display · **To what, where:** negroes, habits, notable difference, certain ineradicable prejudices, prejudices

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This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (notable difference, difference, certain ineradicable prejudices, opportunity), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:49:1
# text = THE notable difference existing between the negroes in the interior of the cotton States and those on the seaboard--a difference that extends to habits and opinions as well as to dialect--has given rise to certain ineradicable prejudices which are quick to display themselves whenever an opportunity offers.
1	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	notable	notable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	existing	exist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	negroes	negro	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	conj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	seaboard	seaboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	extends	extend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	opinions	opinion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	_
29	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	33	cc	_	_
30	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	29	fixed	_	_
31	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	fixed	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	fixed	_	_
33	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
37	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	ineradicable	ineradicable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	prejudices	prejudice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
43	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
44	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	display	display	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
47	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	46	obj	_	_
48	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	46	advmod	_	_
49	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
51	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | gerund | the notable difference *not said here* |  |  | the negroes in the interior of the cotton States and a difference |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between negro=Location |
| 2 | **extend** | present | a difference |  | habits and opinions |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to habit=Recipient |
| 3 | **give** | present · perfect · passive |  | the notable difference |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **rise** | infinitive |  |  |  | certain ineradicable prejudices |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prejudice=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **is** | present | certain ineradicable prejudices |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **display** | to-infinitive | certain ineradicable prejudices *not said here* | prejudices *= prejudice* |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |
| 7 | **offer** | present | a opportunity |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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