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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Mbulukazi., sentence 57

When the young chief heard the story he was angry with Mahlunguluza, and said to her: “Go home to your father; I never wanted you at all; it was your mother who brought you to me.”

Who acts: young chief, husband, story, mother · What happens: hear, be, say, go, not want, bring · To what, where: story, Breast, all, mother, young chief · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (young chief, husband, story, mother), 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

advmoddetamodnsubjdetobjnsubjcopacl:relclcaseoblpunctccconjcaseoblpunctpunctccompadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjadvmodconjobjcaseoblpunctnsubjcopnmod:possparataxisnsubjacl:relclobjcaseoblpunctpunctrootWhenADVtheDETyoungADJchiefNOUNheardVERBtheDETstoryNOUNhePRONwasAUXangryADJwithADPMahlunguluzaPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERBtoADPherPRON:PUNCT“PUNCTGoVERBhomeADVtoADPyourPRONfatherNOUN;PUNCTIPRONneverADVwantedVERByouPRONatADPallDET;PUNCTitPRONwasAUXyourPRONmotherNOUNwhoPRONbroughtVERByouPRONtoADPmePRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int5 heardadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 chiefdet
3youngyoungADJDegree=Pos4 chiefamod
4chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing5 heardnsubj
5heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 storydet
7storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing5 heardobj
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 angrynsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 angrycop
10angryangryADJDegree=Pos7 storyacl:relcl
11withwithADP_12 Mahlunguluzacase
12MahlunguluzaMahlunguluzaPROPNNumber=Sing10 angryobl
13,,PUNCT_15 saidpunct
14andandCCONJ_15 saidcc
15saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 heardconj
16totoADP_17 hercase
17hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 saidobl
18::PUNCT_20 Gopunct
19“"PUNCT_20 Gopunct
20GogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin15 saidccomp
21homehomeADV_20 Goadvmod
22totoADP_24 fathercase
23youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 fathernmod:poss
24fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing20 Goobl
25;;PUNCT_28 wantedpunct
26IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs28 wantednsubj
27neverneverADVPronType=Neg28 wantedadvmod
28wantedwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 heardconj
29youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs28 wantedobj
30atatADP_31 allcase
31allallDETPronType=Tot28 wantedobl
32;;PUNCT_5 heardpunct
33ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 mothernsubj
34wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 mothercop
35youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 mothernmod:poss
36mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing5 heardparataxis
37whowhoPRONPronType=Rel38 broughtnsubj
38broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 motheracl:relcl
39youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs38 broughtobj
40totoADP_41 mecase
41meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 broughtobl
42..PUNCT_38 broughtpunct
43”"PUNCT_36 motherpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpastthe young chiefthe storytree rules
2ispasthusbandthe story not said herewith Mahlunguluza; angry propertytree rules
3say speech: assertpastthe young chief not said hereBreastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic
4go in a quoteinfinitiveto your father; home propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location
5not want in a quotepastthe young chief = chiefBreastallvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme
6is a in a quotepaststoryyour motheryour nmod:posstree rules
7bring in a quotepastyour motherBreastthe young chief = chiefvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to i=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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