Kaffir folk-lore, Opening, sentence 16
On this account, it is now generally recognised that in order to obtain correct information concerning an uncivilized race, a knowledge of their folklore is necessary.
Who acts: concerning · What happens: recognise, obtain, concern, be · To what, where: account, correct information, uncivilized race
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (concerning), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 account | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 account | det |
| 3 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 recognised | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 account | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 recognised | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 recognised | aux:pass |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 recognised | advmod |
| 8 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 9 recognised | advmod |
| 9 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 obtain | mark |
| 11 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 14 obtain | mark |
| 12 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 in | fixed |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 obtain | mark |
| 14 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 recognised | advcl |
| 15 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 information | amod |
| 16 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 obtain | obj |
| 17 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 necessary | csubj |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 race | det |
| 19 | uncivilized | uncivilized | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 race | amod |
| 20 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 concerning | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 knowledge | punct |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 knowledge | det |
| 23 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 race | appos |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 folklore | case |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 folklore | nmod:poss |
| 26 | folklore | folklore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 knowledge | nmod |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 necessary | cop |
| 28 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 information | parataxis |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 recognised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognise | present · passive | account | this account | now | generally property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | obtain | to-infinitive | correct information | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset information=Theme | |||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | a uncivilized race | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus race=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | present | concerning | necessary 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: «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Project Gutenberg book 71335 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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