--- title: I done smelt de watermillion on de a'r, an' I ain't got no better se… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I done smelt de watermillion on de a'r, an' I ain't got no better sense dan fer ter go w'en I years w'ite fokes a-hollerin'--I larnt dat w'en I wa'n't so high. Who acts: I. 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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 (I), 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:pg2306:61:9 # text = I done smelt de watermillion on de a'r, an' I ain't got no better sense dan fer ter go w'en I years w'ite fokes a-hollerin'--I larnt dat w'en I wa'n't so high. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 smelt smelt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 5 compound _ _ 5 watermillion watermillion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 8 compound _ _ 8 a'r a'r NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 ai be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 no no ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ 18 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 dan dan NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 20 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 23 w'en w'en VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 w'ite w'ite X FW Foreign=Yes 25 appos _ _ 27 fokes foke VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 hollerin hollerin NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 larnt larnt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 wa' wa' VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **get** | present | I | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **w'en** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **year** | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **foke** | present | | an | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **larnt** | present | I | dat w'en | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wa'** | past | I | dat w'en *not said here* | | | | | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/61/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/61/10/) - ↑ back to [XV. the Florida Watermelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/61/)