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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Kenkebe., sentence 5

So he rose up early in the morning, and went on till he arrived at his father-in-law’s village, where he was received with every mark of kindness.

Who acts: man · What happens: rise up, go on, arrive, receive, mark · To what, where: village, man, kindness

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 (man), 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

advmodnsubjcompound:prtadvmodcasedetoblpunctccconjadvmodmarknsubjadvclcasenmod:possnsubjpunctcasepunctnmod:posscaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmodpunctrootSoADVhePRONroseVERBupADPearlyADVinADPtheDETmorningNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwentVERBonADVtillSCONJhePRONarrivedVERBatADPhisPRONfatherNOUN-PUNCTinADP-PUNCTlawNOUN’sPARTvillageNOUN,PUNCTwhereADVhePRONwasAUXreceivedVERBwithADPeveryDETmarkNOUNofADPkindnessNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_3 roseadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rosensubj
3roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4upupADP_3 rosecompound:prt
5earlyearlyADVDegree=Pos3 roseadvmod
6ininADP_8 morningcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 morningdet
8morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing3 roseobl
9,,PUNCT_11 wentpunct
10andandCCONJ_11 wentcc
11wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 roseconj
12ononADV_11 wentadvmod
13tilltillSCONJ_15 arrivedmark
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 arrivednsubj
15arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 wentadvcl
16atatADP_24 villagecase
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 villagenmod:poss
18fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing24 villagensubj
19--PUNCT_24 villagepunct
20ininADP_24 villagecase
21--PUNCT_20 inpunct
22lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing24 villagenmod:poss
23’s'sPART_22 lawcase
24villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing15 arrivedobl
25,,PUNCT_29 receivedpunct
26wherewhereADVPronType=Rel29 receivedadvmod
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 receivednsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 receivedaux:pass
29receivedreceiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass24 villageacl:relcl
30withwithADP_32 markcase
31everyeveryDETPronType=Tot32 markdet
32markmarkNOUNNumber=Sing29 receivedobl
33ofofADP_34 kindnesscase
34kindnesskindnessNOUNNumber=Sing32 marknmod
35..PUNCT_3 rosepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rise uppastmanmorningearly propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2go onpastman not said herevn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3arrivepastmanman's village fathervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4receivepast · passivemanwith every mark of kindnessvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5markkindnessnom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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