--- title: "Lemme tell you dis," said Uncle Remus, straightening up indignantly… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "Lemme tell you dis," said Uncle Remus, straightening up indignantly: "you go an' rob somebody an' git on de chain-gang, an' let de 'oman scratch 'roun' yer an' make 'er livin'; but don't you git on dem kyars--don't you do it. Who acts: Lemme, Uncle Remus, you, oman. 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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 (Lemme, Uncle Remus, you, oman), 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:pg2306:57:24 # text = "Lemme tell you dis," said Uncle Remus, straightening up indignantly: "you go an' rob somebody an' git on de chain-gang, an' let de 'oman scratch 'roun' yer an' make 'er livin'; but don't you git on dem kyars--don't you do it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lemme Lemme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 straightening straighten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 indignantly indignantly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 21 rob rob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 compound _ _ 22 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 25 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 30 compound _ _ 28 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 gang gang NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 csubj _ _ 35 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 oman oman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 yer yer PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 45 make make NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 er er X FW _ 48 compound _ _ 48 livin livin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 55 git git NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 dem dem NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 kyars kyar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Lemme | dis | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient dis=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle Remus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **straighten up** | gerund | Uncle Remus *not said here* | | | | | indignantly *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | somebody | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location somebody=Theme | | 5 | **rob** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | de | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent de=Theme | | 7 | **roun** *in a quote* | | oman | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **livin** *in a quote* | | a git on de chain gang | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | you | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | dem kyars *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | present | you | oman | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/57/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/57/25/) - ↑ back to [XI. the Emigrants](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/57/)