--- title: "I can't skacely call to mine 'zackly w'at dey did do, but dey spoke… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "I can't skacely call to mine 'zackly w'at dey did do, but dey spoke speeches, en hollered, en cusst, en flung der langwidge 'roun' des like w'en yo' daddy wuz gwineter run fer de legislater en got lef'. Who acts: little boy, zackly w'at dey, dey, en. 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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 (little boy, zackly w'at dey, dey, en), 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:pg2306:8:10 # text = "I can't skacely call to mine 'zackly w'at dey did do, but dey spoke speeches, en hollered, en cusst, en flung der langwidge 'roun' des like w'en yo' daddy wuz gwineter run fer de legislater en got lef'. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 skacely skacely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 zackly zackly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 w'at w'at NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 dey dey NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hollered holler VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 cusst cusst NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 langwidge langwidge NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 roun roun NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 34 des de NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 w'en w'en NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 yo yo NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 39 daddy daddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 wuz wuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 gwineter gwineter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 43 fer fer NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 43 flat:foreign _ _ 45 legislater legislate ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 46 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 48 lef lef NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **call** *in a quote* | can | the little boy *= boy* | | the little boy *= boy* | | | skacely *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to my=Recipient | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past · do-support | zackly w'at dey | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | dey | speeches | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **holler** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | en | en cusst | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cusst=Topic | | 5 | **fling** *in a quote* | past | en | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **run** *in a quote* | present | des like w'en yo wuz gwineter | der langwidge | | | | roun *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fer=Trajectory | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | past | legislater en | lef | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lef=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/8/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/8/11/) - ↑ back to [V. the Story of the Deluge and How It Came About](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/8/)