--- title: I wuz stannin' down dere by Mars John Jeems's bank, chattin' wid Sis… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I wuz stannin' down dere by Mars John Jeems's bank, chattin' wid Sis Tempy, w'ich I ain't seed 'er befo' now gwine on seven year, an' watchin' de folks trompin' by, w'en one er deze yer slick-lookin' niggers, wid a bee-gum hat an' a brass watch ez big ez de head uv a beerbar'l, come long an' bresh u --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/21/) [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/) / [XXI. the Fourth of July](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/) / 21 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXI. the Fourth of July, sentence 21 I wuz stannin' down dere by Mars John Jeems's bank, chattin' wid Sis Tempy, w'ich I ain't seed 'er befo' now gwine on seven year, an' watchin' de folks trompin' by, w'en one er deze yer slick-lookin' niggers, wid a bee-gum hat an' a brass watch ez big ez de head uv a beerbar'l, come long an' bresh up agin me--so. **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** stannin, not be, wi, watch, come, bresh up · **To what, where:** seed, gum hat, ez big head uv, bresh agin This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, XXI. the Fourth of July. 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:pg2306:67:21 # text = I wuz stannin' down dere by Mars John Jeems's bank, chattin' wid Sis Tempy, w'ich I ain't seed 'er befo' now gwine on seven year, an' watchin' de folks trompin' by, w'en one er deze yer slick-lookin' niggers, wid a bee-gum hat an' a brass watch ez big ez de head uv a beerbar'l, come long an' bresh up agin me--so. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 wuz wuz AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stannin stannin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 down down ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dere dere NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 Jeems Jeems PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 12 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 chattin chattin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 16 wid wid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Sis Sis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 18 Tempy Tempy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 w'ich w'ich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 ai be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 23 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 er er X FW _ 27 compound _ _ 27 befo befo NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 gwine gwine NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 37 watchin watchin NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 de de ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 compound _ _ 41 trompin trompin NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 w'en w'en NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nmod _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 47 er er NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 deze deze NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 49 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 slick slick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 lookin lookin NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 54 niggers nigger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 wid wi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 58 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 gum gum NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 62 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 65 punct _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 66 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 67 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 68 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 69 ez ez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 70 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ _ 71 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 uv ultra-violet NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 beerbar'l beerbar'l NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 77 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 82 advmod _ _ 78 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 82 det _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 80 punct _ _ 80 bresh bresh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 82 compound _ _ 81 up up ADP RP _ 80 compound:prt _ _ 82 agin agin NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ _ 83 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 82 goeswith _ SpaceAfter=No 84 -- -- PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stannin** | present | I | | | | | down dere by Mars John's bank and chattin | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | I | seed and er befo and gwine on seven year and a watchin de folks trompin by w'en and one er deze | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wi** | past | I *not said here* | a gum hat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **watch** | infinitive | | ez big head uv | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ultra-violet=Theme | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | a bresh agin | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bresh up** | infinitive | | | | | | | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/22/) - ↑ back to [XXI. the Fourth of July](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/)