Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Mbulukazi., sentence 35

He stayed part of the day, and then with his attendants went to his father for more cattle, which, having obtained, he brought them to the father of the girl.

Who acts: mat, attendants · What happens: stay, go, obtain, bring · To what, where: part, more cattle, attendants, father

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Mbulukazi.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mat, attendants), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 went	advmod
10	with	with	SCONJ	_	13 went	mark
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 attendants	nmod:poss
12	attendants	attendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 went	nsubj
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 father	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 father	nmod:poss
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 cattle	case
18	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 cattle	amod
19	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 went	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 obtained	punct
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 obtained	nsubj:pass
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 which	punct
23	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 obtained	aux
24	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 cattle	acl:relcl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 brought	punct
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 brought	nsubj
27	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 brought	obj
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 father	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 father	det
31	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 brought	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 girl	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 girl	det
34	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 father	nmod
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	mat	part of the day				vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme part=Location
2	go	past	mat's attendants			then	to mat's father; for more cattle	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location
3	obtain	gerund · perfect · passive		more cattle				vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme
4	bring	past	mat	attendants = attendant	the father of the girl			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to father=Destination

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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🌲 Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Mbulukazi., sentence 35

The tree

Pragmatics

Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Mbulukazi., sentence 35