--- title: But w'en a nigger comes a jabberin' 'roun' like he got a mouf full e… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: But w'en a nigger comes a jabberin' 'roun' like he got a mouf full er rice straw, he ain't got no mo' chance long side er me dan a sick sparrer wid a squinch-owl. Who acts: man, mouf, chance long side, dan. 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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 (man, mouf, chance long side, dan), 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:pg2306:55:34 # text = But w'en a nigger comes a jabberin' 'roun' like he got a mouf full er rice straw, he ain't got no mo' chance long side er me dan a sick sparrer wid a squinch-owl. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 w'en w'en VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nigger nigger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 jabberin jabberin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 like like SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 16 mouf mouf NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 ai be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 mo mo NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 29 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 er er VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 dan dan X FW Foreign=Yes 38 nsubj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 sparrer sparrer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 squinch squinch NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **w'en** | infinitive | | a nigger | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | | a jabberin's roun | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **straw** | | mouf | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **get** | present · passive | man | no mo | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mo=Stimulus | | 6 | **er** | past | chance long side | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wi** | past | dan | a squinch owl | | | | | tree rules | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/55/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/55/35/) - ↑ back to [IX. in the Role of a Tartar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/55/)