--- title: In the sequel Brer Rabbit begs Brer Fox that he may "drown me as dee… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the sequel Brer Rabbit begs Brer Fox that he may "drown me as deep ez you please, skin me, scratch out my eyeballs, t'ar out my years by the roots, en cut off my legs, but do don't fling me in dat brier patch;" which, of course, Brer Fox does, only to be informed by the cunning Brer Rabbit that h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/8/) [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/) / 8 # Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 8 In the sequel Brer Rabbit begs Brer Fox that he may "drown me as deep ez you please, skin me, scratch out my eyeballs, t'ar out my years by the roots, en cut off my legs, but do don't fling me in dat brier patch;" which, of course, Brer Fox does, only to be informed by the cunning Brer Rabbit that he had been "bred en bawn in a brier patch." **Who acts:** Brer Rabbit, Rabbit, en, cunning Brer Rabbit · **What happens:** beg, drown, scratch out, cut off, not fling, do · **To what, where:** Brer Fox, sequel, Brer Rabbit, eyeballs, legs, dat brier patch · **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 Rabbit, Rabbit, en, cunning Brer Rabbit), 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:pg7128:56:8 # text = In the sequel Brer Rabbit begs Brer Fox that he may "drown me as deep ez you please, skin me, scratch out my eyeballs, t'ar out my years by the roots, en cut off my legs, but do don't fling me in dat brier patch;" which, of course, Brer Fox does, only to be informed by the cunning Brer Rabbit that he had been "bred en bawn in a brier patch." 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sequel sequel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 begs beg VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obl _ _ 17 ez ez ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 please please INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyeballs eyeball NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 t'ar t'ar NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 parataxis _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 46 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 fling fling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 dat dat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 51 brier brier NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 60 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 62 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 only only ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 conj _ _ 68 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 70 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 71 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ _ 73 that that SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 75 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 76 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 78 cop _ _ 77 " " PUNCT `` _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 bred breed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 ccomp _ _ 79 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 80 bawn bawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ _ 81 in in ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 brier brier NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 compound _ _ 84 patch patch NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | Brer Rabbit | | Brer Fox | the sequel | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient | | 2 | **drown** *in a quote* | may | Rabbit | Brer Rabbit *= rabbit* | | | | as deep | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **scratch out** *in a quote* | infinitive | Brer Rabbit *not said here* | my eyeballs and t'ar | | | | by the roots and en | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eyeball=Patient by root=Location | | 4 | **cut off** *in a quote* | participle | en *not said here* | my legs | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector leg=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **fling** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Brer Rabbit *not said here* | Brer Rabbit *= rabbit* | | dat brier patch | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent i=Theme in patch=Destination | | 6 | **do** | present | | | | | | of Brer Fox | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | the cunning Brer Rabbit | | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Rabbit | | | a brier patch | | breed *property* | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/9/) - ↑ back to [XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/56/)