--- title: "UNC REMUS," asked a tall, awkward-looking negro, who was one of a c… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "UNC REMUS," asked a tall, awkward-looking negro, who was one of a crowd surrounding the old man, "w'at's dish 'ere w'at dey calls de fonygraf--dish yer inst'ument w'at kin holler 'roun' like little chillun in de back yard?" Who acts: UNC, tall looking negro, crowd, ere w'at dey. 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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 (UNC, tall looking negro, crowd, ere w'at dey), 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:pg2306:53:1 # text = "UNC REMUS," asked a tall, awkward-looking negro, who was one of a crowd surrounding the old man, "w'at's dish 'ere w'at dey calls de fonygraf--dish yer inst'ument w'at kin holler 'roun' like little chillun in de back yard?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 UNC UNC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 REMUS REMUS PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 8 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 surrounding surround VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ere ere X FW _ 33 compound _ _ 32 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 36 compound _ _ 36 fonygraf fonygraf NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 amod _ _ 40 inst'ument inst'ument NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 42 kin kin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 holler holler NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 chillun chillun NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 back back ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | UNC | a tall looking negro | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent negro=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | a tall looking negro | one | | | | of a crowd | tree rules | | 4 | **surround** | gerund | a crowd *not said here* | the old man | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Co-Theme | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | present | ere w'at dey | de fonygraf and dish | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fonygraf=Recipient | 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: [VI. 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