Kaffir folk-lore, Story of Ironside and His Sister., sentence 31
When Ironside reached the town, a mat was brought to him and spread in front of his sister’s house; but after a time he was allowed to go inside, still covered with mud.
Who acts: Ironside, town · What happens: reach, bring, spread, allow, go, cover · To what, where: town, mat, Ironside, front
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of Ironside and His Sister.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ironside, town), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 3 reached | mark |
| 2 | Ironside | Ironside | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 town | det |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 brought | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 mat | det |
| 8 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 brought | aux:pass |
| 10 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 town | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 brought | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 spread | cc |
| 14 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 brought | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 front | case |
| 16 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 spread | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 house | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sister | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 house | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 19 sister | case |
| 21 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 front | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 allowed | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 allowed | cc |
| 24 | after | after | ADP | _ | 26 time | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 time | det |
| 26 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 allowed | obl |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 allowed | aux:pass |
| 29 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reached | conj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 go | mark |
| 31 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 allowed | xcomp |
| 32 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 31 go | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 covered | punct |
| 34 | still | still | ADV | _ | 35 covered | advmod |
| 35 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 allowed | conj |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 mud | case |
| 37 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 covered | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | Ironside | the town | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bring | past · passive | the town not said here | a mat | Ironside | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | |||
| 3 | spread | past | the town not said here | front of Ironside's sister's house | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | ||||
| 4 | allow | past · passive | Ironside | time | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ironside not said here | inside property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | cover | participle | still | with mud | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=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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