--- title: "An' I boun'," continued Uncle Remus, driving the corn-cob stopper a… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "An' I boun'," continued Uncle Remus, driving the corn-cob stopper a little tighter in his deceitful jug and gathering up his bag--"an' I boun' dat my ole muskit 'll go off 'tween me an' dat same nigger yit, an' he'll be at de bad een', an' dis seetful jug'll 'fuse ter go ter de funer'l." Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/60/65/) [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/) / 65 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XIV. That Deceitful Jug, sentence 65 "An' I boun'," continued Uncle Remus, driving the corn-cob stopper a little tighter in his deceitful jug and gathering up his bag--"an' I boun' dat my ole muskit 'll go off 'tween me an' dat same nigger yit, an' he'll be at de bad een', an' dis seetful jug'll 'fuse ter go ter de funer'l." **Who acts:** agricultural editor, boun, ole muskit, dat, muskit, fuse ter · **What happens:** boun, continue, drive, gather up, go off, yit · **To what, where:** Uncle Remus, cob stopper, bag, tween, de bad een, ter funer'l · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (agricultural editor, boun, ole muskit, dat), 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:pg2306:60:65 # text = "An' I boun'," continued Uncle Remus, driving the corn-cob stopper a little tighter in his deceitful jug and gathering up his bag--"an' I boun' dat my ole muskit 'll go off 'tween me an' dat same nigger yit, an' he'll be at de bad een', an' dis seetful jug'll 'fuse ter go ter de funer'l." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 boun boun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 continued continue 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 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 cob cob NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 stopper stopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ 20 tighter tight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 deceitful deceitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 boun boun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 dat dat SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 muskit muskit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 tween tween NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ _ 49 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 nigger nigger NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 yit yit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 cop _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 de de ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 61 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 een een NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ', ', PUNCT `` _ 73 punct _ _ 64 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ _ 66 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 67 seetful seetful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 69 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 ' 's PART POS _ 68 case _ SpaceAfter=No 71 fuse fuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 parataxis _ _ 74 ter ter X FW _ 76 compound _ _ 75 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 74 flat:foreign _ _ 76 funer'l funer'l NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 73 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boun** *in a quote* | | the agricultural editor *= editor* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **continue** | past | a boun | Uncle Remus | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drive** | gerund | a boun *not said here* | the cob stopper | | | | tight *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme stopper=Trajectory | | 4 | **gather up** | gerund | a boun *not said here* | boun's bag | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | | 5 | **boun** *in a quote* | | the agricultural editor *= editor* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go off** *in a quote* | future | my ole muskit | tween | | | | me *obl:unmarked* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **yit** *in a quote* | | dat | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | future | muskit | | | a de bad een | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | a dis seetful jug's fuse ter | ter funer'l | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location funer'l=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/60/64/) - next →: [XV. the Florida Watermelon, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/61/1/) - ↑ back to [XIV. 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