--- title: "ONE time," said Uncle Remus--adjusting his spectacles so as to be a… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "ONE time," said Uncle Remus--adjusting his spectacles so as to be able to see how to thread a large darning-needle with which he was patching his coat--"one time, way back yander, 'fo' you wuz bomed, honey, en 'fo' Mars John er Miss Sally wuz bomed--way back yander 'fo' enny un us wuz bomed, de ani --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/8/1/) [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/) / [V. the Story of the Deluge and How It…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/8/) / 1 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, V. the Story of the Deluge and How It Came About, sentence 1 "ONE time," said Uncle Remus--adjusting his spectacles so as to be able to see how to thread a large darning-needle with which he was patching his coat--"one time, way back yander, 'fo' you wuz bomed, honey, en 'fo' Mars John er Miss Sally wuz bomed--way back yander 'fo' enny un us wuz bomed, de animils en de creeturs sorter 'lecshuneer roun' 'mong deyselves, twel at las' dey 'greed fer ter have a 'sembly. **Who acts:** Uncle Remus, Remus, you, thread, fer ter · **What happens:** say, adjust, be, see, patch, bom · **To what, where:** spectacles, coat, Sally wuz, un us wuz, mong deyselves, dey · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, V. the Story of the Deluge and How It Came About. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uncle Remus, Remus, you, thread), 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:pg2306:8:1 # text = "ONE time," said Uncle Remus--adjusting his spectacles so as to be able to see how to thread a large darning-needle with which he was patching his coat--"one time, way back yander, 'fo' you wuz bomed, honey, en 'fo' Mars John er Miss Sally wuz bomed--way back yander 'fo' enny un us wuz bomed, de animils en de creeturs sorter 'lecshuneer roun' 'mong deyselves, twel at las' dey 'greed fer ter have a 'sembly. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ONE one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 adjusting adjust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 81 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 darning darning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 patching patch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 yander yander NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 49 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 wuz wuz AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bomed bom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 62 case _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 57 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ _ 59 er er PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Sally Sally PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 63 bomed bom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 -- -- PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 appos _ _ 66 back back ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 yander yander NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 71 case _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ _ 71 enny enny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 72 un un X FW Foreign=Yes 74 compound _ _ 73 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 compound _ _ 74 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ _ 75 bomed bom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 77 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 79 compound _ _ 78 animils animil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 compound _ _ 79 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 conj _ _ 80 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 79 flat:foreign _ _ 81 creeturs creetur VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 82 sorter sorter NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 nmod:poss _ _ 83 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 lecshuneer lecshuneer NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 compound _ _ 85 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 85 punct _ _ 87 ' 's PART POS _ 82 case _ SpaceAfter=No 88 mong mong NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 compound _ _ 89 deyselves deyselve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 91 twel twel NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 conj _ _ 92 at at ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 93 las la NOUN NNS Number=Plur 95 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 94 ' 's PART POS _ 93 case _ _ 95 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obl _ _ 96 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 97 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 97 greed greed NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 appos _ _ 98 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 99 amod _ _ 99 ter ter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 100 nsubj _ _ 100 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 97 acl:relcl _ _ 101 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 103 det _ _ 102 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 103 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 103 sembly sembly ADV RB _ 100 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 104 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Uncle Remus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **adjust** | gerund | Uncle Remus *not said here* | Remus's spectacles | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spectacle=Patient | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | Uncle Remus *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Uncle Remus *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **patch** | past · progressive | Remus | Remus's coat and one time and way yander | | | | with a large darning needle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Destination with which=Theme | | 6 | **bom** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bom** *in a quote* | participle | | Sally wuz *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bom** *in a quote* | participle | | un us wuz and de animils en *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **creetur** *in a quote* | present | thread and honey and en for Sally wuz | sorter's mong deyselves and twel | | las's dey | | | tree rules | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | present | fer ter | greed *not said here* | | | | sembly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greed=Patient | 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: [IV. 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