--- title: Mars John and Miss Sally, dey done bin gone down unto Putmon County… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: Mars John and Miss Sally, dey done bin gone down unto Putmon County fer ter see der kinfolks mighty nigh fo' days, an' you better bleeve I done bin had ter scratch 'roun' mighty lively fer ter make de rashuns run out even. Who acts: Mars, you, I, bin. 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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 (Mars, you, I, bin), 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:pg2306:66:4 # text = Mars John and Miss Sally, dey done bin gone down unto Putmon County fer ter see der kinfolks mighty nigh fo' days, an' you better bleeve I done bin had ter scratch 'roun' mighty lively fer ter make de rashuns run out even. 1 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 Sally Sally PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 Putmon Putmon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 County County PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 der der NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 kinfolks kinfolk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 21 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 bleeve bleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 ter ter PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 36 scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 40 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 ter ter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 45 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 44 xcomp _ _ 46 rashuns rashun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go down** | participle | Mars and Miss | | | | | unto County fer ter | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | | der kinfolks and a better bleeve | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kinfolk=Stimulus | | 4 | **bleeve** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | past | I | a better bleeve *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | bin | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | present | mighty lively fer ter | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **run out** | present | rashuns | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/66/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/66/5/) - ↑ back to [XX. the Old Man's Troubles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/66/)