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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chief | det |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 chief | amod |
| 4 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heard | nsubj |
| 5 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heard | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 angry | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 angry | cop |
| 10 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 story | acl:relcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 Mahlunguluza | case |
| 12 | Mahlunguluza | Mahlunguluza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 angry | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 her | case |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | obl |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 Go | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Go | punct |
| 20 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | ccomp |
| 21 | home | home | ADV | _ | 20 Go | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 father | case |
| 23 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 father | nmod:poss |
| 24 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Go | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 wanted | punct |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 wanted | nsubj |
| 27 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 28 wanted | advmod |
| 28 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | conj |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 wanted | obj |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 all | case |
| 31 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 wanted | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 heard | punct |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 mother | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 mother | cop |
| 35 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 mother | nmod:poss |
| 36 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heard | parataxis |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 brought | nsubj |
| 38 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 mother | acl:relcl |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 brought | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 me | case |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 brought | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 38 brought | punct |
| 43 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 mother | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the young chief | the story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | husband | the story not said here | with Mahlunguluza; angry property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the young chief not said here | Breast | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go in a quote | infinitive | to your father; home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location | |||||
| 5 | not want in a quote | past | the young chief = chief | Breast | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | |||
| 6 | is a in a quote | past | story | your mother | your nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 7 | bring in a quote | past | your mother | Breast | the young chief = chief | vn 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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