Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 187
When following any of these occupations, he attires himself most fantastically, being painted with various colours, and having the tails of wild animals suspended around him.
Who acts: finder · What happens: follow, attire, paint, have, suspend · To what, where: any, finder, tails, wild animals
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 (finder), 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 | 2 following | advmod |
| 2 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 attires | advcl |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 following | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 occupations | case |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 occupations | det |
| 6 | occupations | occupation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 any | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 following | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 attires | nsubj |
| 9 | attires | attire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 attires | obj |
| 11 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 12 fantastically | advmod |
| 12 | fantastically | fantastically | ADV | _ | 9 attires | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 painted | punct |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 painted | aux:pass |
| 15 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 attires | parataxis |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 colours | case |
| 17 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 colours | amod |
| 18 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 painted | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 having | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 having | cc |
| 21 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 painted | advcl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 tails | det |
| 23 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 having | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 animals | case |
| 25 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 animals | amod |
| 26 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 tails | nmod |
| 27 | suspended | suspend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 animals | acl |
| 28 | around | around | ADP | _ | 29 him | case |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 suspended | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 attires | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | finder not said here | any of this occupations | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme | ||||
| 2 | attire | present | finder | finder | fantastically property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | |||
| 3 | paint | gerund · passive | with various colours | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: with colour=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have | gerund | the tails of wild animals | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | |||||
| 5 | suspend | participle | wild animals not said here | around finder | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around he=Location |
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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