--- title: Brer Rabbit, coming along that way, passes the time of day with Tar… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Brer Rabbit, coming along that way, passes the time of day with Tar Baby, and, annoyed at its obstinate silence, hits it with right fist and with left, with left fist and with right, which successively stick to the "contrapshun," till at last he butts with his head, and that sticks too, whereupon Br --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/7/) [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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/) / 7 # Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 7 Brer Rabbit, coming along that way, passes the time of day with Tar Baby, and, annoyed at its obstinate silence, hits it with right fist and with left, with left fist and with right, which successively stick to the "contrapshun," till at last he butts with his head, and that sticks too, whereupon Brer Fox, who all this time had "lain low," saunters out, and complains of Brer Rabbit that he is too stuck up. **Who acts:** Brer, that, contrapshun · **What happens:** come, pass, hit, stick, butt, lie · **To what, where:** way, contrapshun, left fist, last, Brer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brer, that, contrapshun), 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:pg7128:56:7 # text = Brer Rabbit, coming along that way, passes the time of day with Tar Baby, and, annoyed at its obstinate silence, hits it with right fist and with left, with left fist and with right, which successively stick to the "contrapshun," till at last he butts with his head, and that sticks too, whereupon Brer Fox, who all this time had "lain low," saunters out, and complains of Brer Rabbit that he is too stuck up. 1 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Tar Tar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Baby Baby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 obstinate obstinate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 hits hit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 43 successively successively ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 stick stick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 contrapshun contrapshun NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 51 till till ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 butts butt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 nsubj _ _ 62 sticks stick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 79 advcl _ _ 63 too too ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 66 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 67 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 69 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 75 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 72 det:predet _ _ 71 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 72 det _ _ 72 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl:unmarked _ _ 73 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 " " PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 acl:relcl _ _ 76 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 79 saunters saunter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 80 out out ADP RP _ 79 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 complains complain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 84 of of ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 compound _ _ 86 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ _ 87 that that SCONJ IN _ 91 mark _ _ 88 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 91 nsubj _ _ 89 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 91 aux:pass _ _ 90 too too ADV RB _ 91 advmod _ _ 91 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 83 advcl _ _ 92 up up ADP RP _ 91 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | Brer *not said here* | | | that way | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along way=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **pass** | present | Brer | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hit** | present | | contrapshun | | | | with right fist and left | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with fist=Instrument | | 4 | **stick** | present | | left fist | | | till last | to the contrapshun; successively *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent which=Patient to contrapshun=Co-Patient | | 5 | **butt** | present | Brer | last *not said here* | | | | with Brer's head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent last=Patient with head=Instrument | | 6 | **stick** | present | that | | | | | whereupon *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | Brer | | | time | low *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **saunter out** | present | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | Brer *not said here* | | | | | of Brer Rabbit | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **stick up** | present · passive | | Brer | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 11 | **silence** | | contrapshun | | | | | | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/8/) - ↑ back to [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/)