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title: All night long dey racked an' dey galloped, an' w'en dey got tired e… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: All night long dey racked an' dey galloped, an' w'en dey got tired er rackin' an' gallopin', dey all close in on de ole toof an' thumped it an' gouged at it twel it 'peared unto me dat dey had got de jaw-bone loosened up, an' wuz tryin' fer ter fetch it up thoo de top er my head an' out at der back 
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Uncle Remus With the Toothache, sentence 35

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All night long dey racked an' dey galloped, an' w'en dey got tired er rackin' an' gallopin', dey all close in on de ole toof an' thumped it an' gouged at it twel it 'peared unto me dat dey had got de jaw-bone loosened up, an' wuz tryin' fer ter fetch it up thoo de top er my head an' out at der back er my neck.

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**Who acts:** night long dey, w'en dey, ole toof, dey, dat dey, fer ter · **What happens:** rack, gallop, get, thump, gouge, pear · **To what, where:** dey, tired er rackin, gouged twel, de jaw bone

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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 (night long dey, w'en dey, ole toof, dey), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:52:35
# text = All night long dey racked an' dey galloped, an' w'en dey got tired er rackin' an' gallopin', dey all close in on de ole toof an' thumped it an' gouged at it twel it 'peared unto me dat dey had got de jaw-bone loosened up, an' wuz tryin' fer ter fetch it up thoo de top er my head an' out at der back er my neck.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dey	dey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	racked	rack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dey	dey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
13	w'en	w'en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	dey	dey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	er	er	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	rackin	rackin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	_
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	_
22	gallopin	gallopin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
24	dey	dey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
25	all	all	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	de	de	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	ole	ole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	toof	toof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
32	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	_
34	thumped	thump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	_
38	gouged	gouge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	amod	_	_
39	at	at	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	_
41	twel	twel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	peared	pear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	dey	dey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	parataxis	_	_
51	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
52	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
55	loosened	loosen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl	_	_
56	up	up	ADP	RP	_	55	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	61	punct	_	_
60	wuz	wuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	tryin	tryin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	61	punct	_	_
63	fer	f	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	64	amod	_	_
64	ter	ter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nsubj	_	_
65	fetch	fetch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	parataxis	_	_
66	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	obj	_	_
67	up	up	ADP	RP	_	65	compound:prt	_	_
68	thoo	thoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
69	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	68	flat:foreign	_	_
70	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
71	er	er	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obl	_	_
74	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	78	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	78	punct	_	_
76	out	out	ADP	RP	_	75	compound:prt	_	_
77	at	at	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	der	der	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	appos	_	_
79	back	back	ADV	RB	_	80	advmod	_	_
80	er	e	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	82	advmod	_	_
81	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	82	nmod:poss	_	_
82	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rack** | past | all night long dey | a dey |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dey=Patient |
| 2 | **gallop** | participle |  | a dey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | w'en dey | tired er rackin |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rackin=Stimulus |
| 4 | **thump** | past | ole toof *not said here* | dey |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient twel=Result |
| 5 | **gouge** | participle |  |  |  | dey |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **pear** | past | dey | a gouged twel *not said here* |  |  |  | unto me | tree rules |
| 7 | **get** | past · perfect | dat dey | de jaw bone |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus |
| 8 | **loosen up** | participle |  | de jaw bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **fetch up** | present | fer ter | dey |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary thoo=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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