--- title: Brer Coon, he wuz one er deze yer natchul pacers, en he racked 'long… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Brer Coon, he wuz one er deze yer natchul pacers, en he racked 'long same ez Mars John's bay pony, en Brer Possum he went in a han'-gallup; en dey got over heap er groun, mon. Brer Possum, he got his belly full er 'simmons, en Brer Coon, he scoop up a 'bunnunce er frogs en tadpoles. Who acts: Brer, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/6/2/) [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/) / [III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/6/) / 2 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace, sentence 2 Brer Coon, he wuz one er deze yer natchul pacers, en he racked 'long same ez Mars John's bay pony, en Brer Possum he went in a han'-gallup; en dey got over heap er groun, mon. Brer Possum, he got his belly full er 'simmons, en Brer Coon, he scoop up a 'bunnunce er frogs en tadpoles. **Who acts:** Brer, en, en dey, dey, belly, er frogs · **What happens:** wuz, rack, go, get over, heap, get · **To what, where:** one er deze, long same ez, han, groun, simmons This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, en, en dey, dey), 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:pg2306:6:2 # text = Brer Coon, he wuz one er deze yer natchul pacers, en he racked 'long same ez Mars John's bay pony, en Brer Possum he went in a han'-gallup; en dey got over heap er groun, mon. Brer Possum, he got his belly full er 'simmons, en Brer Coon, he scoop up a 'bunnunce er frogs en tadpoles. 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Coon Coon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wuz wuz VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 deze deze NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 natchul natchul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pacers pacer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 racked rack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ez ez NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 bay bay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Possum Possum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 gallup Gallup PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 41 over over ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 heap heap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 er e ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 44 groun groun NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 mon. Monday PROPN NNP Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 48 Possum Possum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 simmons simmon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 60 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 61 Coon Coon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 scoop scoop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 65 up up ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 bunnunce bunnunce NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ _ 70 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 71 en en ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 tadpoles tadpole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wuz** | present | Brer | one er deze yer's natchul pacers and en | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rack** | past | Brer | long same ez Mars John's bay pony | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ez=Patient | | 3 | **go** | past | en | long same ez Mars John's bay pony *not said here* | | a han | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ez=Theme | | 4 | **get over** | past | en dey | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **heap** | infinitive | en dey *not said here* | groun | | | | over *property* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent groun=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | dey | simmons and en | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer simmon=Stimulus | | 7 | **er** | | Brer's belly | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **scoop up** | infinitive | dey | | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **tadpole** | | er frogs | | | | | | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/6/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/6/3/) - ↑ back to [III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/6/)