--- title: I kep' on linger'n' 'roun' sorter keepin' one eye on the rheumatiz a… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I kep' on linger'n' 'roun' sorter keepin' one eye on the rheumatiz an' de udder on de distemper, twel, bimeby, I begin fer ter feel de trestle-wuk give way, an' den I des know'd dat I wuz gwineter gitter racket. Who acts: I, fer ter, de trestle wuk. 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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 (I, fer ter, de trestle wuk), 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:pg2306:56:19 # text = I kep' on linger'n' 'roun' sorter keepin' one eye on the rheumatiz an' de udder on de distemper, twel, bimeby, I begin fer ter feel de trestle-wuk give way, an' den I des know'd dat I wuz gwineter gitter racket. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kep kep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 linger'n linger'n NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 keepin keepin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rheumatiz rheumatiz NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 20 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 udder udder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 distemper distemper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 bimeby bimeby NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 32 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 ter ter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 trestle trestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 wuk wuk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 44 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 des des DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 dat dat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 52 gwineter gwineter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 gitter gitt ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 54 amod _ _ 54 racket racket NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kep** | present | I | roun sorter keepin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | present | I | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **feel** | present | fer ter | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **give** | present | de trestle wuk | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **know** | present | I | a den *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer den=Stimulus | | 6 | **dat** | would · passive | | a den | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wuz** | present | I | gwineter and gitter racket | | | | | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/56/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/56/20/) - ↑ back to [X. a Case of Measles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/56/)