--- title: I wuz settin' up talkin' wid my ole 'oman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun' fe… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I wuz settin' up talkin' wid my ole 'oman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun' fer ter see whar de nex' meal's vittles wuz a gwineter cum fum, an' I feel a little ache sorter crawlin' 'long on my jaw-bone, kinder feelin' his way. Who acts: I, talkin, ole oman, vittles. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and H --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/52/23/) [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/) / [VI. Uncle Remus With the Toothache](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/52/) / 23 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Uncle Remus With the Toothache, sentence 23 I wuz settin' up talkin' wid my ole 'oman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun' fer ter see whar de nex' meal's vittles wuz a gwineter cum fum, an' I feel a little ache sorter crawlin' 'long on my jaw-bone, kinder feelin' his way. **Who acts:** I, talkin, ole oman, vittles · **What happens:** wuz, wi, see, feel · **To what, where:** settin, whar nex, cum fum, sorter crawlin This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VI. Uncle Remus With the Toothache. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, talkin, ole oman, vittles), 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:pg2306:52:23 # text = I wuz settin' up talkin' wid my ole 'oman, kinder puzzlin' 'roun' fer ter see whar de nex' meal's vittles wuz a gwineter cum fum, an' I feel a little ache sorter crawlin' 'long on my jaw-bone, kinder feelin' his way. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 settin settin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 up up ADP IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 talkin talkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 oman oman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 puzzlin puzzlin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 23 whar whar NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 23 flat:foreign _ _ 25 nex nex NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 27 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 vittles vittle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 gwineter gwineter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 cum cum NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 fum fum NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 ache ache NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 crawlin crawlin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 amod _ _ 55 feelin feelin NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wuz** | present | I | settin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wi** | past | talkin | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | my ole oman | whar nex | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nex=Stimulus | | 4 | **wuz** | present | meal's vittles | a cum fum an | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | present | I | a sorter crawlin and my jaw bone | | | | puzzlin's way *obl:unmarked* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crawlin=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/52/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/52/24/) - ↑ back to [VI. 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