--- title: "'You er stuck up, dat's w'at you is,' says Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'en… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "'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. Who acts: Brer, ter, w'at. 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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 (Brer, ter, w'at), 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:pg2306:5:16 # text = "'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. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 er er AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 17 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 sezee sezee NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 gwine gwine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nmod _ _ 26 ter ter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 kyore kyore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 gwine gwine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ' ' VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 41 sezee sezee NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present · passive | | You | | | | dat's w'at *obl*; stick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Brer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Brer | | | | | gwine *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **kyore** *in a quote* | past | ter | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Brer | a gwine ter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present | dat's w'at | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **'** *in a quote* | infinitive | Brer *not said here* | sezee | | | | | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/17/) - ↑ back to [II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/)