--- title: I speck I'm ez fon' er deze Nunited States ez de nex' man w'at knows… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I speck I'm ez fon' er deze Nunited States ez de nex' man w'at knows dat de Buro is busted up; but long ez Remus kin stan' on his hin' legs no Mobile nigger can't flip inter dis town longer no Wes' P'int 'schushun an' boss 'roun' 'mong de cullud fokes. Who acts: I, nex man w'at, Mobile nigger. 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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, nex man w'at, Mobile nigger), 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:pg2306:67:13 # text = I speck I'm ez fon' er deze Nunited States ez de nex' man w'at knows dat de Buro is busted up; but long ez Remus kin stan' on his hin' legs no Mobile nigger can't flip inter dis town longer no Wes' P'int 'schushun an' boss 'roun' 'mong de cullud fokes. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 speck speck VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fon fon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 er er X FW _ 9 compound _ _ 9 deze deze NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Nunited Nunited PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 12 ez ez X FW _ 14 compound _ _ 13 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 12 flat:foreign _ _ 14 nex nex NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 Buro Buro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 busted bust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 Remus remus NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 31 stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hin hin NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 39 Mobile mobile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 nigger nigger NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 flip flip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 44 inter int ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 45 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 Wes we NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 P'int P'int PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 schushun schushun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 56 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 60 ' 's PART POS _ 58 case _ SpaceAfter=No 61 mong mong NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 62 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 64 compound _ _ 63 cullud cullud NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 fokes foke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speck** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | ez fon | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | present | nex man w'at | Nunited States er deze | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **bust up** | present · passive | | dat | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **flip** | can | no Mobile nigger | inter dis town no Wes's P'int schushun a boss roun's mong and de cullud fokes | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/14/) - ↑ back to [XXI. the Fourth of July](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/)