--- title: I sorter sprained my han', boss, but dog my cats if I don't bleeve I… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: I sorter sprained my han', boss, but dog my cats if I don't bleeve I spattered de nigger's eyeballs on de groun', and w'en he riz his count'nence look fresh like beef-haslett. Who acts: I, dog, sorter. 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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, dog, sorter), 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:pg2306:67:30 # text = I sorter sprained my han', boss, but dog my cats if I don't bleeve I spattered de nigger's eyeballs on de groun', and w'en he riz his count'nence look fresh like beef-haslett. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sprained sprain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 han han NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ', ', PART POS _ 5 dep _ _ 7 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 10 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 bleeve bleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 spattered spatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 21 compound _ _ 21 nigger nigger NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 eyeballs eyeball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 26 compound _ _ 26 groun groun NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 riz riz VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 count'nence count'nence NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 haslett haslett NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprain** | past | I | han boss | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boss=Patient | | 2 | **not** **bleeve** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | I | dog and my cats *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **spatter** | past | dog and my cats | de nigger's eyeballs | | de groun and w'en | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eyeball=Theme on groun=Destination | | 4 | **riz** | present | sorter | sorter's count'nence | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | sorter *not said here* | | | | | fresh *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/31/) - ↑ back to [XXI. the Fourth of July](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/)