--- title: "LOOK yer, boy," said Uncle Remus yesterday, Stopping near the railr… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "LOOK yer, boy," said Uncle Remus yesterday, Stopping near the railroad crossing on Whitehall Street, and gazing ferociously at a small colored youth; "look yer, boy, Ill lay you out flat ef you come flingin' yo' watermillion rimes under my foot--you watch ef I don't. Who acts: Uncle, Ill, you. 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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 (Uncle, Ill, you), 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:pg2306:61:1 # text = "LOOK yer, boy," said Uncle Remus yesterday, Stopping near the railroad crossing on Whitehall Street, and gazing ferociously at a small colored youth; "look yer, boy, Ill lay you out flat ef you come flingin' yo' watermillion rimes under my foot--you watch ef I don't. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 LOOK look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 3 yer yer PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 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 8 nsubj _ _ 10 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 near near ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 railroad railroad NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 crossing crossing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 Whitehall Whitehall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 24 ferociously ferociously ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 colored colored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 33 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 Ill ill PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 nsubj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 45 flingin flingin NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 49 watermillion watermillion NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 rimes rime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 appos _ _ 51 under under ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 watch watch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 57 ef ef NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | yer | | | | boy *vocative* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yer=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle yesterday | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stop** | gerund | Uncle yesterday *not said here* | | | the railroad crossing on Whitehall Street | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **gaze** | gerund | Uncle yesterday *not said here* | | | | | at a small colored youth; ferociously *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at youth=Theme | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | boy *vocative*; y *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **lie out** *in a quote* | past | Ill | you | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | flat ef | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location flingin=Theme | | 8 | **watch** *in a quote* | present | you | ef | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ef=Theme | | 9 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | present | Uncle yesterday *= uncle* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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: [XIV. 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