--- title: XVI. Uncle Remus Preaches to a Convert — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · full text with trees description: XVI. Uncle Remus Preaches to a Convert, «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "DEY tells me you done jine de chu'ch," said Uncle Remus to Pegleg Charley. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/) [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/) / XVI. Uncle Remus Preaches to a Convert # XVI. Uncle Remus Preaches to a Convert XVI. Uncle Remus Preaches to a Convert of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris: the whole text, 29 sentences and 414 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/1/) — "DEY tells me you done jine de chu'ch," said Uncle Remus to Pegleg Charley. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/2/) — "Yes, sir," responded Charley, gravely, "dat's so." - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/3/) — "Well, I'm mighty glad er dat," remarked Uncle Remus, with unction. " - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/4/) — It's 'bout time dat I wuz spectin' fer ter hear un you in de chain-gang, an', stidder dat, hit's de chu'ch. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/5/) — Well, dey ain't no tellin' deze days whar a nigger's gwineter lan'." - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/6/) — "Yes," responded Charley, straightening himself up and speaking in a dignified tone, "yes, I'm fixin' to do better. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/7/) — I'm preparin' fer to shake worldliness. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/8/) — I'm done quit so'shatin' wid deze w'ite town boys. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/9/) — Dey've been a goin' back on me too rapidly here lately, an' now I'm a goin' back on dem." - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/10/) — "Well, ef you done had de speunce un it, I'm mighty glad. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/11/) — Ef you got 'lijjun, you better hol' on to it 'twel de las' day in de mornin'. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/12/) — Hit's mighty good fer ter kyar' 'roun' wid you in de day time an' likewise in de night time. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/13/) — Hit'll pay you mo' dan politics, an' ef you stan's up like you oughter, hit'll las' longer dan a bone-fellum. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/14/) — But you wanter have one er deze yer ole-time grips, an' you des gotter shet yo' eyes an' swing on like wunner deze yer bull-tarrier dogs." - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/15/) — "Oh, I'm goin' to stick, Uncle Remus. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/16/) — You kin put your money on dat. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/17/) — Deze town boys can't play no more uv dere games on me. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/18/) — I'm fixed. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/19/) — Can't you lend me a dime, Uncle Remus, to buy me a pie? - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/20/) — I'm dat hongry dat my stomach is gittin' ready to go in mo'nin." - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/21/) — Uncle Remus eyed Charley curiously a moment, while the latter looked quietly at his timber toe. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/22/) — Finally, the old man sighed and spoke: - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/23/) — "How long is you bin in de chu'ch, son?" - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/24/) — "Mighty near a week," replied Charley. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/25/) — "Well, lemme tell you dis, now, 'fo' you go enny fudder. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/26/) — You ain't bin in dar long nuff fer ter go 'roun' takin' up conterbutions. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/27/) — Wait ontwell you gits sorter seasoned like, an' den I'll hunt 'roun' in my cloze an' see ef I can't run out a thrip er two fer you. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/28/) — But don't you levy taxes too early." - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/62/29/) — Charley laughed, and said he would let the old man off if he would treat to a watermelon. - ← previous: [XV. the Florida Watermelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/61/) - next →: [XVII. 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