--- title: One day atter Brer Rabbit fool 'im wid dat calamus root, Brer Fox we… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: 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 gw --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/3/) [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/) / 3 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story, sentence 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. **Who acts:** im, Brer Fox, wuk en, turkentime, en, er · **What happens:** root, go, get, mix, fix up, call · **To what, where:** fox, contrapshun w'at, Tar Baby, en, en den, de bushes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (im, Brer Fox, wuk en, turkentime), 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:pg2306:5:3 # text = 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. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 atter atter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 im im X FW Foreign=Yes 12 nsubj _ _ 9 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 dat dat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 calamus calamus NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 ter t ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 18 wuk wuk NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 im im ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 mix mix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 turkentime turkentime NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 contrapshun contrapshun NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 Tar Tar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Baby Baby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 tuck tuck VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 50 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 51 Tar Tar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Baby Baby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 56 sot sot NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 61 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 off off ADP RP _ 67 compound:prt _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ _ 71 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ _ 72 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 ccomp _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 acl _ _ 75 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 81 obj _ _ 76 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 77 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 compound _ _ 78 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 80 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 81 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **root** | | im | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | Brer Fox | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | wuk en | | | | | im *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **mix** | infinitive | | fox | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **fix up** | infinitive | some turkentime and en | a contrapshun w'at and en | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent w'at=Patient | | 6 | **call** | present | en | a contrapshun w'at and en *not said here* | a Tar Baby | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent baby=Recipient | | 7 | **tuck** | present | en | en *not said here* | | | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent en=Theme | | 8 | **lie off** | past | er | en den *not said here* | | de bushes | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location den=Theme | | 9 | **fer** | | dish | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | en *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **be** | infinitive | de gwine ter | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/4/) - ↑ back to [II. the Wonderful Tar Baby Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/5/)