Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 216
This metal is found in certain parts of the country, but it is now generally obtained in trade from Europeans.
What happens: find, obtain · To what, where: metal, certain parts, copper, trade
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 | 2 metal | det |
| 2 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 parts | case |
| 6 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 parts | amod |
| 7 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 parts | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 obtained | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 obtained | cc |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 obtained | aux:pass |
| 15 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 obtained | advmod |
| 16 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 17 obtained | advmod |
| 17 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 found | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 trade | case |
| 19 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 obtained | obl |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 Europeans | case |
| 21 | Europeans | European | PROPN | Number=Plur | 17 obtained | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | this metal | certain parts of the country | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | obtain | present · passive | copper | trade | now | from Europeans; generally property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from european=Source |
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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