--- title: The truth is, Uncle Remus had heard the child coming, and, when the… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: The truth is, Uncle Remus had heard the child coming, and, when the rosy-cheeked chap put his head in at the door, was engaged in a monologue, the burden of which seemed to be-- Who acts: Uncle, child, rosy cheeked chap, burden. A sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/9/3/) [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/) / [VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/9/) / 3 # Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox, sentence 3 The truth is, Uncle Remus had heard the child coming, and, when the rosy-cheeked chap put his head in at the door, was engaged in a monologue, the burden of which seemed to be-- **Who acts:** Uncle, child, rosy cheeked chap, burden · **What happens:** be, hear, come, cheek, put, engage · **To what, where:** truth, child, head, door, monologue This is a sentence of «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Uncle, child, rosy cheeked chap, burden), 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:pg2306:9:3 # text = The truth is, Uncle Remus had heard the child coming, and, when the rosy-cheeked chap put his head in at the door, was engaged in a monologue, the burden of which seemed to be-- 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 cheeked cheek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 chap chap NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 monologue monologue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the truth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | Uncle | the child | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | gerund | the child *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cheek** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | past | the rosy cheeked chap | chap's head | | the door | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in door=Destination | | 6 | **engage** | past · passive | | the truth | | | | in a monologue *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in monologue=Goal | | 7 | **seem** | past | the burden | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 8 | **be** | to-infinitive | the burden *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/9/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/9/4/) - ↑ back to [VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/9/)