Kaffir folk-lore, Opening, sentence 20
Though these traditionary tales are very generally known, there are of course some persons who can relate them much better than others.
Who acts: persons · What happens: know, be, relate · To what, where: traditionary tales, Tales
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 (persons), 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 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 8 known | mark |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 tales | det |
| 3 | traditionary | traditionary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tales | amod |
| 4 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 known | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 known | aux:pass |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 generally | advmod |
| 7 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 8 known | advmod |
| 8 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 are | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 known | punct |
| 10 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 are | expl |
| 11 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 persons | case |
| 13 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 of | fixed |
| 14 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 persons | det |
| 15 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 are | obl |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 relate | nsubj |
| 17 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 relate | aux |
| 18 | relate | relate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 persons | acl:relcl |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 relate | obj |
| 20 | much | much | ADV | _ | 21 better | advmod |
| 21 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 18 relate | xcomp |
| 22 | than | than | ADP | _ | 23 others | case |
| 23 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 better | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 are | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · passive | this traditionary tales | generally property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | be | present | there | of some persons | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | relate | can | some persons | Tales = tale | good property | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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: «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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