Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 110
In former days every man of note had his racing oxen, and prided himself upon their good qualities as much as an English squire does upon his blood horses.
Who acts: man, English squire · What happens: have, pride, do · To what, where: racing oxen, man
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, English squire), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 days | amod |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 had | obl |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 had | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 note | case |
| 7 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nmod |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 oxen | nmod:poss |
| 10 | racing | racing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 oxen | compound |
| 11 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 had | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 prided | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 prided | cc |
| 14 | prided | pride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 had | conj |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 prided | obj |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 19 qualities | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 qualities | nmod:poss |
| 18 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 qualities | amod |
| 19 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 prided | obl |
| 20 | as | as | ADV | _ | 21 much | advmod |
| 21 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 qualities | amod |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 does | mark |
| 23 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 squire | det |
| 24 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 squire | amod |
| 25 | squire | squire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 does | nsubj |
| 26 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 much | advcl |
| 27 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 30 horses | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 horses | nmod:poss |
| 29 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 horses | compound |
| 30 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 does | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | every man of note | man's racing oxen | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient | |||
| 2 | pride | past | every man of note not said here | man | upon cattle's good qualities | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | present | a English squire | upon squire's blood horses | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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