Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 39
Another of his wives is invested at some period of his life, with the consent of his councillors and friends, with the title of wife of the right hand, and to her eldest son is allotted a portion of the tribe, with which he forms a new clan.
Who acts: portion · What happens: invest, allot, form, consent, title · To what, where: Another, period, portion, eldest son, new clan, councillors
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 (portion), 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 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 invested | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 wives | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wives | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Another | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 invested | aux:pass |
| 6 | invested | invest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 period | case |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 period | det |
| 9 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 invested | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 life | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 life | nmod:poss |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 period | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 consent | punct |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 consent | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 consent | det |
| 16 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 invested | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 councillors | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 councillors | nmod:poss |
| 19 | councillors | councillor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 consent | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 friends | cc |
| 21 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 councillors | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 title | punct |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 title | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 title | det |
| 25 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 invested | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 wife | case |
| 27 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 title | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 hand | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 hand | det |
| 30 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 hand | amod |
| 31 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 title | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 allotted | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 allotted | cc |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 son | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 son | nmod:poss |
| 36 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 37 son | amod |
| 37 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 allotted | obl |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 allotted | aux:pass |
| 39 | allotted | allot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 invested | conj |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 portion | det |
| 41 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 allotted | obj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 tribe | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 tribe | det |
| 44 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 portion | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 forms | punct |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 which | case |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 forms | obl |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 forms | nsubj |
| 49 | forms | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 allotted | conj |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 clan | det |
| 51 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 clan | amod |
| 52 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 forms | obj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 invested | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invest | present · passive | Another of manner's wives | some period of manner's life | with the consent of manner's councillors and friends; with the title of wife of the right hand | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with consent=Theme | |||
| 2 | allot | present · passive | a portion of the tribe | alliance's eldest son | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: portion=Theme to son=Goal | ||||
| 3 | form | present | portion | a new clan | which obl | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location clan=Theme | |||
| 4 | consent | manner's councillors and friends | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | title | wife | nom title «communication 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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