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title: W'en dey got ter de house, Miss Meadows en all de gals wuz settin' o… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics
description: W'en dey got ter de house, Miss Meadows en all de gals wuz settin' on de peazzer, en stidder stoppin' at de gate, Brer Rabbit rid on by, he did, en den come gallopin' down de road en up ter de hoss-rack, w'ich he hitch Brer Fox at, en den he santer inter de house, he did, en shake han's wid de gals,
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# Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox, sentence 66

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W'en dey got ter de house, Miss Meadows en all de gals wuz settin' on de peazzer, en stidder stoppin' at de gate, Brer Rabbit rid on by, he did, en den come gallopin' down de road en up ter de hoss-rack, w'ich he hitch Brer Fox at, en den he santer inter de house, he did, en shake han's wid de gals, en set dar, smokin' his seegyar same ez a town man.

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**Who acts:** W'en dey, de gals, dey, en den, w'ich, ez · **What happens:** get, wuz, do, come down, en up, hitch · **To what, where:** ter house, settin, de peazzer, gallopin, road, Brer Fox

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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 (W'en dey, de gals, dey, en den), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2306:9:66
# text = W'en dey got ter de house, Miss Meadows en all de gals wuz settin' on de peazzer, en stidder stoppin' at de gate, Brer Rabbit rid on by, he did, en den come gallopin' down de road en up ter de hoss-rack, w'ich he hitch Brer Fox at, en den he santer inter de house, he did, en shake han's wid de gals, en set dar, smokin' his seegyar same ez a town man.
1	W'en	W'en	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dey	dey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ter	ter	X	FW	_	6	compound	_	_
5	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Meadows	Meadow	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gals	gal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wuz	wuz	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	settin	settin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	19	compound	_	_
19	peazzer	peazzer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
22	stidder	stidder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	stoppin	stoppin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
30	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	flat	_	_
31	rid	rid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	_
33	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
41	gallopin	gallopin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	41	punct	_	_
43	down	down	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
44	de	de	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
46	en	en	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl	_	_
47	up	up	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	_
48	ter	ter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
49	de	de	PUNCT	HYPH	_	48	punct	_	_
50	hoss	hoss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	rack	rack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	w'ich	w'ich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	hitch	hitch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
57	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
59	at	at	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
64	santer	sant	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	65	amod	_	_
65	inter	inter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	parataxis	_	_
66	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	65	flat:foreign	_	_
67	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
69	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
70	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
72	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	_
73	shake	shake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	xcomp	_	_
74	han	han	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	's	's	PART	POS	_	74	case	_	_
76	wid	wid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
77	de	de	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	compound	_	_
78	gals	gal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
80	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	conj	_	_
81	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	82	amod	_	_
82	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
84	smokin	smokin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	84	punct	_	_
86	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	92	nmod:poss	_	_
87	seegyar	seegyar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	92	amod	_	_
88	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	92	amod	_	_
89	ez	ez	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	92	nsubj	_	_
90	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
91	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	compound	_	_
92	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | W'en dey | ter house and Meadows en |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wuz** | present | all de gals | settin |  | de peazzer |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past | dey |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **come down** | present | en den | gallopin |  |  |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gallopin=Theme |
| 5 | **en up** | participle |  | road *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **hitch** | infinitive | w'ich | Brer Fox |  |  |  | de road | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Patient |
| 7 | **inter** |  | dey |  |  | en den |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **do** | past | dey | en |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **shake** | infinitive | dey *not said here* | han's wid de gals and en and set dar |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gal=Patient |
| 10 | **set** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 11 | **man** |  | ez |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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