--- title: I got dat jug down dar in Putmon County w'en Mars 'Lisha Ferryman wu… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I got dat jug down dar in Putmon County w'en Mars 'Lisha Ferryman wuz a young man, an' now he's done growed up, an' got ole an' died, an' his chilluns is growed up an' dey kin count dere gran'chilluns, an' yit dar's dat jug des ez lively an' ez lierbul fer ter kick up devilment ez w'at she wuz w'en --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/60/5/) [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/) / [XIV. That Deceitful Jug](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/60/) / 5 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIV. That Deceitful Jug, sentence 5 I got dat jug down dar in Putmon County w'en Mars 'Lisha Ferryman wuz a young man, an' now he's done growed up, an' got ole an' died, an' his chilluns is growed up an' dey kin count dere gran'chilluns, an' yit dar's dat jug des ez lively an' ez lierbul fer ter kick up devilment ez w'at she wuz w'en she come fum de foundry." **Who acts:** I, Lisha, dey kin, kin · **What happens:** get down, wuz, do, growe up, get, die · **To what, where:** jug, young man, Putmon County, an, ole, chilluns This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XIV. That Deceitful Jug. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Lisha, dey kin, kin), 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:pg2306:60:5 # text = I got dat jug down dar in Putmon County w'en Mars 'Lisha Ferryman wuz a young man, an' now he's done growed up, an' got ole an' died, an' his chilluns is growed up an' dey kin count dere gran'chilluns, an' yit dar's dat jug des ez lively an' ez lierbul fer ter kick up devilment ez w'at she wuz w'en she come fum de foundry." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 dat that DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Putmon Putmon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 County County PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 10 w'en w'en NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 flat _ _ 11 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ' 's PART POS _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Lisha Lisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 Ferryman Ferryman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 wuz wuz VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 growed growe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 32 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obj _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 chilluns chillun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 growed growe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 46 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 49 dere dere NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 gran'chilluns gran'chillun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 52 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ _ 54 yit yit NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 dar dar NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 59 des des X FW Foreign=Yes 60 det _ _ 60 ez ez ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 72 advmod _ _ 61 lively lively ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 62 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ _ 64 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 65 lierbul lierbul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 66 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 compound _ _ 69 up up ADP RP _ 68 compound:prt _ _ 70 devilment devilment NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 73 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 wuz wuz VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 acl:relcl _ _ 75 w'en w'en NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 obj _ _ 76 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 parataxis _ _ 78 fum fum NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 79 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 78 flat:foreign _ _ 80 foundry foundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get down** | past | I | that jug | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wuz** | present | Mars's Lisha | a young man | | Putmon County | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present · passive | | an | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **growe up** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | past | | ole | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ole=Stimulus | | 6 | **die** | past | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **growe up** | present · passive | | Lisha's chilluns | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **count** | present | a dey kin | dere gran'chilluns | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran'chillun=Theme | | 9 | **kick up** | infinitive | | devilment | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent devilment=Patient | | 10 | **wuz** | present | kin | w'en | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **come** | infinitive | kin | fum and foundry | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fum=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/60/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/60/6/) - ↑ back to [XIV. 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