--- title: II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · full text with trees description: II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story, «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "Didn't the fox never catch the rabbit, Uncle Remus?" asked the little boy the next evening. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/) [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/) / II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story # II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris: the whole text, 44 sentences and 707 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 1 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/1/) — "Didn't the fox never catch the rabbit, Uncle Remus?" asked the little boy the next evening. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/2/) — "He come mighty nigh it, honey, sho's you born--Brer Fox did. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/3/) — One day atter Brer Rabbit fool 'im wid dat calamus root, Brer Fox went ter wuk en got 'im some tar, en mix it wid some turkentime, en fix up a contrapshun w'at he call a Tar-Baby, en he tuck dish yer Tar-Baby en he sot 'er in de big road, en den he lay off in de bushes fer to see what de news wuz gwine ter be. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/4/) — En he didn't hatter wait long, nudder, kaze bimeby here come Brer Rabbit pacin' down de road--lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity--dez ez sassy ez a jay-bird. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/5/) — Brer Fox, he lay low. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/6/) — Brer Rabbit come prancin' 'long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behime legs like he wuz 'stonished. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/7/) — De Tar Baby, she sot dar, she did, en Brer Fox, he lay low. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/8/) — "'Mawnin'!' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee--'nice wedder dis mawnin',' sezee. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/9/) — "Tar-Baby ain't sayin' nuthin', en Brer Fox he lay low. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/10/) — "'How duz yo' sym'tums seem ter segashuate?' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/11/) — "Brer Fox, he wink his eye slow, en lay low, en de Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nuthin'. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/12/) — "'How you come on, den? - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/13/) — Is you deaf?' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. ' - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/14/) — Kaze if you is, I kin holler louder,' sezee. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/15/) — "Tar-Baby stay still, en Brer Fox, he lay low. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/16/) — "'You er stuck up, dat's w'at you is,' says Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'en I'm gwine ter kyore you, dat's w'at I'm a gwine ter do,' sezee. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/17/) — "Brer Fox, he sorter chuckle in his stummick, he did, but Tar- Baby ain't sayin' nothin'. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/18/) — "'I'm gwine ter larn you how ter talk ter 'spectubble folks ef hit's de las' ack,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. ' - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/19/) — Ef you don't take off dat hat en tell me howdy, I'm gwine ter bus' you wide open,' sezee. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/20/) — "Tar-Baby stay still, en Brer Fox, he lay low. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/21/) — "Brer Rabbit keep on axin' 'im, en de Tar-Baby, she keep on sayin' nothin', twel present'y Brer Rabbit draw back wid his fis', he did, en blip he tuck 'er side er de head. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/22/) — Right dar's whar he broke his merlasses jug. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/23/) — His fis' stuck, en he can't pull loose. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/24/) — De tar hilt 'im. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/25/) — But Tar-Baby, she stay still, en Brer Fox, he lay low. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/26/) — "'Ef you don't lemme loose, I'll knock you agin,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, en wid dat he fotch 'er a wipe wid de udder han', en dat stuck. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/27/) — Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nuthin', en Brer Fox, he lay low. — checked by a teacher - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/28/) — "'Tu'n me loose, fo' I kick de natchul stuffin' outen you,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, but de Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nuthin'. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/29/) — She des hilt on, en de Brer Rabbit lose de use er his feet in de same way. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/30/) — Brer Fox, he lay low. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/31/) — Den Brer Rabbit squall out dat ef de Tar-Baby don't tu'n 'im loose he butt 'er cranksided. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/32/) — En den he butted, en his head got stuck. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/33/) — Den Brer Fox, he sa'ntered fort', lookin' dez ez innercent ez wunner yo' mammy's mockin'- birds. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/34/) — "Howdy, Brer Rabbit,' sez Brer Fox, sezee. ' - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/35/) — You look sorter stuck up dis mawnin',' sezee, en den he rolled on de groun', en laft en laft twel he couldn't laff no mo'. ' - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/36/) — I speck you'll take dinner wid me dis time, Brer Rabbit. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/37/) — I done laid in some calamus root, en I ain't gwineter take no skuse,' sez Brer Fox, sezee." - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/38/) — Here Uncle Remus paused, and drew a two-pound yam out of the ashes. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/39/) — "Did the fox eat the rabbit?" asked the little boy to whom the story had been told. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/40/) — "Dat's all de fur de tale goes," replied the old man. " - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/41/) — He mout, an den agin he moutent. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/42/) — Some say Judge B'ar come 'long en loosed 'im--some say he didn't. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/43/) — I hear Miss Sally callin'. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/44/) — You better run 'long." - ← previous: [I. Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/4/) - next →: [III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/6/) - ↑ back to [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/)