--- title: Hit's mighty funny unter me how dese fokes kin go an' prognosticate… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Hit's mighty funny unter me how dese fokes kin go an' prognosticate der eckoes inter one er deze yer i'on boxes, an' dar hit'll stay on twel de man comes long an' tu'ns de handle an' let's de fuss come pilin' out. Who acts: mighty funny unter, one er deze, dar hit, de man. 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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 (mighty funny unter, one er deze, dar hit, de man), 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:pg2306:53:8 # text = Hit's mighty funny unter me how dese fokes kin go an' prognosticate der eckoes inter one er deze yer i'on boxes, an' dar hit'll stay on twel de man comes long an' tu'ns de handle an' let's de fuss come pilin' out. 1 Hit Hit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 unter unter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 goeswith _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 dese dese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 fokes foke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 compound _ _ 10 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 14 prognosticate prognosticate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 16 eckoes eckoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 inter int ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 deze deze NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 22 i'on i'on NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 27 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 hit hit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 34 compound _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 tu'ns tu'n NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 39 conj _ _ 41 handle handle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 44 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 de de PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 fuss fuss NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 49 pilin pilin NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | infinitive | Hit's mighty funny unter and dese fokes kin | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **prognosticate** | infinitive | Hit's mighty funny unter and dese fokes kin *not said here* | der eckoes | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot eckoe=Topic | | 3 | **box** | | one er deze | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** | future | a dar hit | | | twel | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on twel=Location | | 5 | **come** | present | de man | twel *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location twel=Theme | | 6 | **handle** | infinitive | a tu'ns | an | | | | long *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent a=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | 's | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 8 | **come out** | present | de's fuss | pilin | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient pilin=Result | | 9 | **fuss** | | de | | | | | | nom fuss «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/53/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/53/9/) - ↑ back to [VII. the Phonograph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/53/)