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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Kenkebe., sentence 13

His father-in-law gave him seven bags (i.e. skins of animals dressed entire) full of millet, and his wife’s sisters went with him to carry them.

Who acts: father, sisters · What happens: give, dress, go, carry · To what, where: seven bags, famine, animals, sisters

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Kenkebe.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, sisters), 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

nmod:possnsubjpunctcasepunctnmodiobjnummodobjpunctadvmodapposcasenmodaclxcomppunctamodcaseoblpunctccnmod:possnmod:posscasensubjconjcaseoblmarkadvclobjpunctrootHisPRONfatherNOUN-PUNCTinADP-PUNCTlawNOUNgaveVERBhimPRONsevenNUMbagsNOUN(PUNCTi.e.ADVskinsNOUNofADPanimalsNOUNdressedVERBentireADJ)PUNCTfullADJofADPmilletNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONwifeNOUN’sPARTsistersNOUNwentVERBwithADPhimPRONtoPARTcarryVERBthemPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 fathernmod:poss
2fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing7 gavensubj
3--PUNCT_6 lawpunct
4ininADP_6 lawcase
5--PUNCT_4 inpunct
6lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing2 fathernmod
7gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 gaveiobj
9sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 bagsnummod
10bagsbagNOUNNumber=Plur7 gaveobj
11((PUNCT_13 skinspunct
12i.e.i.e.ADV_13 skinsadvmod
13skinsskinNOUNNumber=Plur10 bagsappos
14ofofADP_15 animalscase
15animalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plur13 skinsnmod
16dresseddressVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 animalsacl
17entireentireADJDegree=Pos16 dressedxcomp
18))PUNCT_13 skinspunct
19fullfullADJDegree=Pos10 bagsamod
20ofofADP_21 milletcase
21milletmilletNOUNNumber=Sing19 fullobl
22,,PUNCT_28 wentpunct
23andandCCONJ_28 wentcc
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 wifenmod:poss
25wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing27 sistersnmod:poss
26’s'sPART_25 wifecase
27sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur28 wentnsubj
28wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 gaveconj
29withwithADP_30 himcase
30himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 wentobl
31totoPART_32 carrymark
32carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf28 wentadvcl
33themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs32 carryobj
34..PUNCT_7 gavepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepastfamine's father in lawseven bagsfaminevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bag=Theme
2dressparticipleanimals not said hereentire propertyvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3gopastfamine's wife's sisterswith faminevn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary
4carryto-infinitivefamine's wife's sisters not said heresisters = sistervn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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