Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Demane and Demazana., sentence 34
Then Zim went to get some water; and while he was away, Demane took his sister out of the bag, and put the bees in it, after which they both concealed themselves.
Who acts: Zim, Demane · What happens: go, get, be, take, put, conceal · To what, where: water, sister, bag, bees, Demane
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Demane and Demazana.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Zim, Demane), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | Zim | Zim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | advcl |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 took | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 took | cc |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 away | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 away | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 away | cop |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 took | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 away | punct |
| 15 | Demane | Demane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 took | nsubj |
| 16 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 sister | nmod:poss |
| 18 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 took | obj |
| 19 | out | out | ADP | _ | 22 bag | case |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 bag | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 bag | det |
| 22 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 took | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 put | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 put | cc |
| 25 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 took | parataxis |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 bees | det |
| 27 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 put | obj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 it | case |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 put | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 concealed | punct |
| 31 | after | after | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 concealed | obl |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 concealed | nsubj |
| 34 | both | both | ADV | _ | 35 concealed | advmod |
| 35 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 put | conj |
| 36 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 concealed | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Zim | then | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | Zim not said here | some water | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Zim | away property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | past | Demane | Zim's sister | the bag | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sister=Theme out bag=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | put | infinitive | the bees | bag | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bee=Theme in it=Destination | ||||
| 6 | conceal | past | Demane | Demane | which obl; both property | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
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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