--- title: Well, dey er yer," he continued, "but dis ain't no climate whar de r… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Well, dey er yer," he continued, "but dis ain't no climate whar de rice-birds flies inter yo' pockets en gits out de money an' makes de change derse'f; an' de isters don't shuck off der shells en run over you on de street, an' no mo' duz de s'imp hull derse'f an' drap in yo' mouf. Who acts: Remus, d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/49/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/) / [III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/49/) / 22 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, sentence 22 Well, dey er yer," he continued, "but dis ain't no climate whar de rice-birds flies inter yo' pockets en gits out de money an' makes de change derse'f; an' de isters don't shuck off der shells en run over you on de street, an' no mo' duz de s'imp hull derse'f an' drap in yo' mouf. **Who acts:** Remus, dis ai, climate whar, de money, de isters, an · **What happens:** continue, not whar, fly out, make, change, not shuck off · **To what, where:** dey, rice birds, inter yo, derse'f, shells en, de street · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Remus, dis ai, climate whar, de money), 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:pg2306:49:22 # text = Well, dey er yer," he continued, "but dis ain't no climate whar de rice-birds flies inter yo' pockets en gits out de money an' makes de change derse'f; an' de isters don't shuck off der shells en run over you on de street, an' no mo' duz de s'imp hull derse'f an' drap in yo' mouf. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 er er ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 yer y ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 17 climate climate NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 whar whar NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 18 flat:foreign _ _ 20 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 23 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 inter int ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 amod _ _ 25 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 27 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 28 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 gits git NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 31 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 32 compound _ _ 32 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 35 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 37 dep _ _ 37 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 derse'f derse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 42 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 isters ister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 44 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 45 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 shuck shuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 parataxis _ _ 47 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 der der NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 shells shell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 compound _ _ 50 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 51 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 52 over over ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 56 compound _ _ 56 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 58 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ _ 63 duz duz NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 64 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 63 flat:foreign _ _ 65 s'imp s'imp NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ _ 66 hull hull NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 derse'f derse'f NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 parataxis _ _ 68 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ _ 70 drap drap NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ _ 74 mouf mouf NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** *in a quote* | past | Remus | dey | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **whar** | | dis ai | rice birds | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fly out** | present | no climate whar | inter yo | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent yo=Theme pocket=Destination | | 4 | **make** | present | de money *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **change** | infinitive | de money *not said here* | derse'f | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent derse'f=Patient | | 6 | **not** **shuck off** | present · do-support | de isters | shells en | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Source | | 7 | **run** | present | an | | | de street | | over you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over you=Trajectory | | 8 | **duz** | | no mo | | | | | | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/49/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/49/23/) - ↑ back to [III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/49/)