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Kaffir folk-lore, Story of Ironside and His Sister., sentence 9

That night the chief of the cannibals dreamed that he saw a very pretty girl in that place; so in the morning he sent a party of men to look for her.

Who acts: chief · What happens: dream, see, send, look · To what, where: pretty girl, place, party

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 (chief), 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

detobl:unmarkeddetnsubjcasedetnmodmarknsubjccompdetadvmodamodobjcasedetnmodpunctadvmodcasedetoblnsubjconjdetobjcasenmodmarkadvclcaseoblpunctrootThatDETnightNOUNtheDETchiefNOUNofADPtheDETcannibalsNOUNdreamedVERBthatSCONJhePRONsawVERBaDETveryADVprettyADJgirlNOUNinADPthatDETplaceNOUN;PUNCTsoADVinADPtheDETmorningNOUNhePRONsentVERBaDETpartyNOUNofADPmenNOUNtoPARTlookVERBforADPherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 nightdet
2nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing8 dreamedobl:unmarked
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 chiefdet
4chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing8 dreamednsubj
5ofofADP_7 cannibalscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 cannibalsdet
7cannibalscannibalNOUNNumber=Plur4 chiefnmod
8dreameddreamVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thatthatSCONJ_11 sawmark
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 sawnsubj
11sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dreamedccomp
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 girldet
13veryveryADV_14 prettyadvmod
14prettyprettyADJDegree=Pos15 girlamod
15girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing11 sawobj
16ininADP_18 placecase
17thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem18 placedet
18placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing15 girlnmod
19;;PUNCT_25 sentpunct
20sosoADV_25 sentadvmod
21ininADP_23 morningcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 morningdet
23morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing25 sentobl
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 sentnsubj
25sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dreamedconj
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 partydet
27partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing25 sentobj
28ofofADP_29 mencase
29menmanNOUNNumber=Plur27 partynmod
30totoPART_31 lookmark
31looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf25 sentadvcl
32forforADP_33 hercase
33hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 lookobl
34..PUNCT_8 dreamedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dreampastthe chief of the cannibalsnightvn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2seepastchiefa pretty girlthat placevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus
3sendpastchiefa party of menmorningvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme
4lookto-infinitivechief not said herefor girlvn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=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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