--- title: An', mo'n dat, w'en he gits holt er de fack dat a nigger k'n have ya… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: An', mo'n dat, w'en he gits holt er de fack dat a nigger k'n have yaller fever same ez w'ite folks, you done got 'im on de mo'ners' bench, an' den ef you come down strong on de p'int dat he oughter stan' fas' by de fokes w'at hope him w'en he wuz in trouble de job's done. Who acts: mo'n dat, er, git --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/18/) [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/) / [VIII. Race Improvement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/) / 18 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Race Improvement, sentence 18 An', mo'n dat, w'en he gits holt er de fack dat a nigger k'n have yaller fever same ez w'ite folks, you done got 'im on de mo'ners' bench, an' den ef you come down strong on de p'int dat he oughter stan' fas' by de fokes w'at hope him w'en he wuz in trouble de job's done. **Who acts:** mo'n dat, er, gits holt, you, dat, fokes w'at · **What happens:** holt, fack, have, do, get, im · **To what, where:** dat, yaller fever, de bench, den ef, trouble, job This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VIII. Race Improvement. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mo'n dat, er, gits holt, you), 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:pg2306:54:18 # text = An', mo'n dat, w'en he gits holt er de fack dat a nigger k'n have yaller fever same ez w'ite folks, you done got 'im on de mo'ners' bench, an' den ef you come down strong on de p'int dat he oughter stan' fas' by de fokes w'at hope him w'en he wuz in trouble de job's done. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ', ', PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mo'n mo'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 gits git NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 compound _ _ 9 holt holt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 10 er er X FW Foreign=Yes 12 nsubj _ _ 11 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 12 dep _ _ 12 fack fack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 nigger nigger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 k'n k'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 yaller yaller X FW _ 19 compound _ _ 19 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 w'ite w'ite NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 27 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 im im VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 xcomp _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 34 compound _ _ 32 mo'ners mo'ner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 38 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 47 compound _ _ 46 p'int p'int NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 oughter oughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 50 stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ _ 52 fas fa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 39 obl _ _ 56 fokes foke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 compound _ _ 57 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 xcomp _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 de de PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 67 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **holt** | | a mo'n dat and w'en | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fack** | infinitive | er | dat | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | gits holt | yaller fever | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | participle | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **im** | participle | you *not said here* | | | mo'ners's de bench | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come down** | present | you | a den ef *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ef=Theme | | 8 | **oughter** | | dat | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **hope** | present | fokes w'at | dat | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **wuz** *not said to happen* | | dat | | | trouble | | | tree rules | | 11 | **do** | present · passive | trouble *not said here* | de's job | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 12 | **job** | | de | | | | | | nom job «act 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/19/) - ↑ back to [VIII. 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