Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 179
On great occasions they are performed by individuals who act the part of priests, on ordinary occasions by heads of families.
Who acts: individuals · What happens: perform, act · To what, where: occasions, great occasions, part
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 (individuals), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 occasions | case |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 occasions | amod |
| 3 | occasions | occasion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 performed | obl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 performed | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 performed | aux:pass |
| 6 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 individuals | case |
| 8 | individuals | individual | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 performed | obl |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 act | nsubj |
| 10 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 individuals | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 part | det |
| 12 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 act | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 priests | case |
| 14 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 part | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 occasions | punct |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 occasions | case |
| 17 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 occasions | amod |
| 18 | occasions | occasion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 performed | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 heads | case |
| 20 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 performed | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 families | case |
| 22 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 heads | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 performed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perform | present · passive | individuals | occasions = occasion | great occasions | on ordinary occasions; by heads of families | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||
| 2 | act | present | individuals | the part of priests | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent part=Eventuality |
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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