Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 19
This large admixture of Hottentot blood has not affected the mode of government or the general customs of the Amaxosa, as is seen on comparing them with other tribes to the north; but it has affected their personal appearance and their language.
What happens: not affect, see, compare, affect, admix · To what, where: large admixture, customs, admixture, Hottentot blood
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: 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 admixture | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 admixture | amod |
| 3 | admixture | admixture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 affected | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 blood | case |
| 5 | Hottentot | Hottentot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 blood | compound |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 admixture | nmod |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 affected | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 affected | advmod |
| 9 | affected | affect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mode | det |
| 11 | mode | mode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 affected | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 government | case |
| 13 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mode | nmod |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 customs | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 customs | det |
| 16 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 customs | amod |
| 17 | customs | custom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 mode | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Amaxosa | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Amaxosa | det |
| 20 | Amaxosa | Amaxosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 customs | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 seen | punct |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 seen | mark |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 seen | aux:pass |
| 24 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 affected | conj |
| 25 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 26 comparing | mark |
| 26 | comparing | compare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 seen | advcl |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 comparing | obj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 tribes | case |
| 29 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 tribes | amod |
| 30 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 comparing | obl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 north | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 north | det |
| 33 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 tribes | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 affected | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 affected | cc |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 affected | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 affected | aux |
| 38 | affected | affect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 affected | conj |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 40 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 appearance | amod |
| 41 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 affected | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 language | cc |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 language | nmod:poss |
| 44 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 appearance | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 affected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not affect | present · perfect · passive | this large admixture of Hottentot blood | the mode of government or the general customs of the Amaxosa obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer mode=Result | ||||
| 2 | see | present · passive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | ||||||
| 3 | compare | gerund | customs = custom | with other tribes to the north | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient with tribe=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | affect | present · perfect · passive | admixture | customs's personal appearance and customs's language obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer appearance=Result | ||||
| 5 | admix | Hottentot blood | nom admixture «state 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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