--- title: Sometimes w'en I git kotch wid emptiness in de pit er de stummuck, a… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Sometimes w'en I git kotch wid emptiness in de pit er de stummuck, an' git ter fairly honin' arter sumpin' w'at got substance in it, den hit look like unto me dat I kin stan' flat-footed an' make more cle'r money eatin' pies dan I could if I wuz ter sell de las' one 'twixt dis an' Chris'mus. 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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 (w'at, w'en kotch wid emptiness, I, ter), 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:pg2306:51:12 # text = Sometimes w'en I git kotch wid emptiness in de pit er de stummuck, an' git ter fairly honin' arter sumpin' w'at got substance in it, den hit look like unto me dat I kin stan' flat-footed an' make more cle'r money eatin' pies dan I could if I wuz ter sell de las' one 'twixt dis an' Chris'mus. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ 2 w'en w'en VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 kotch kotch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 emptiness emptiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 13 compound _ _ 13 stummuck stummuck NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 17 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 19 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 honin honin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 22 arter arter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 sumpin sumpin NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 25 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 32 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 dat dat SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 kin kin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 40 stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 42 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 footed foot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 48 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 amod _ _ 49 cle'r cle'r NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 eatin eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ' 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 pies pie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 compound _ _ 54 dan dan NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl:agent _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 if if SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 60 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 sell sell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 62 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 63 nmod _ _ 63 las la NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ' 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 appos _ _ 66 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 twixt twixt NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 appos _ _ 69 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ _ 71 Chris'mus Chris'mus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **w'en** | participle | | I | | | | sometimes *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | w'at | substance | | substance | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer substance=Stimulus | | 3 | **hit** | past | w'en kotch wid emptiness in de pit er and de stummuck and a git ter and honin and den | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | w'en kotch wid emptiness in de pit er and de stummuck and a git ter and honin and den *not said here* | | | | | like me | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **kin** | present | I | stan | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **foot** | past | I *not said here* | an | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | infinitive | | more cle'r money | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product | | 8 | **eat** | participle | | more cle'r money *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **wuz** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **sell** | present | ter | las de | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent la=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/51/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/51/13/) - ↑ back to [V. a Confession](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/51/)