--- title: I speck I is a gittin' mo frailer dan I wuz 'fo' de fahmin days wuz… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I speck I is a gittin' mo frailer dan I wuz 'fo' de fahmin days wuz over, but I sees wid my eyes an' I years wid my year, same ez enny er dese yer young bucks w'at goes a gallopin' roun' huntin' up devilment, an' w'en I sees de limberness er dese yer cullud people, an' w'en I sees how dey er dancin' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/7/) [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/) / 7 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Race Improvement, sentence 7 I speck I is a gittin' mo frailer dan I wuz 'fo' de fahmin days wuz over, but I sees wid my eyes an' I years wid my year, same ez enny er dese yer young bucks w'at goes a gallopin' roun' huntin' up devilment, an' w'en I sees de limberness er dese yer cullud people, an' w'en I sees how dey er dancin' up, den I gits sorter hopeful. **Who acts:** I, fahmin days, same ez enny, w'en · **What happens:** speck, be, wuz, wuz over, see, wi · **To what, where:** frailer dan, mo, wid eyes, gallopin, limberness er dese, dey er dancin 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 (I, fahmin days, same ez enny, w'en), 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:pg2306:54:7 # text = I speck I is a gittin' mo frailer dan I wuz 'fo' de fahmin days wuz over, but I sees wid my eyes an' I years wid my year, same ez enny er dese yer young bucks w'at goes a gallopin' roun' huntin' up devilment, an' w'en I sees de limberness er dese yer cullud people, an' w'en I sees how dey er dancin' up, den I gits sorter hopeful. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 speck speck VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gittin gittin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 frailer frail ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 dan dan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 14 flat:foreign _ _ 17 fahmin fahmin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 over over ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 enny enny NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 39 er e ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 dese dese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 41 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 bucks buck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 compound _ _ 44 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 gallopin gallopin NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 49 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 51 huntin huntin NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 53 up up ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 devilment devilment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 58 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl:relcl _ _ 61 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 62 compound _ _ 62 limberness limberness NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 63 er er X FW _ 64 compound _ _ 64 dese dese NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 65 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 66 cullud cullud NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 69 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ _ 71 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 conj _ _ 74 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 77 advmod _ _ 75 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 76 er er X FW _ 77 compound _ _ 77 dancin dancin NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ _ 79 up up ADP RP _ 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 81 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 conj _ _ 82 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 83 gits git NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 nmod:unmarked _ _ 84 sorter sort ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 85 advmod _ _ 85 hopeful hopeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speck** | present | I | frailer dan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | a gittin's mo | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wuz** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wuz over** | present | fahmin days | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | present | I | my wid eyes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 6 | **wi** | past | I | | | | year | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | present | same ez enny | a gallopin and roun huntin up devilment | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gallopin=Theme | | 8 | **see** | present | a w'en | limberness er dese | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dese=Stimulus | | 9 | **see** | present | a w'en | dey er dancin and den | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dancin=Stimulus | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/54/8/) - ↑ back to [VIII. 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