Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 45
The less powerful chief of the two would naturally desire to reside at a considerable distance from his competitor, and thus a new tract of country would be taken possession of.
Who acts: powerful chief · What happens: desire, reside, take · To what, where: new tract
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 (powerful chief), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chief | det |
| 2 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 powerful | advmod |
| 3 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 chief | amod |
| 4 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 desire | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 two | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 two | det |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 chief | nmod |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 desire | aux |
| 9 | naturally | naturally | ADV | _ | 10 desire | advmod |
| 10 | desire | desire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 reside | mark |
| 12 | reside | reside | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 desire | xcomp |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 distance | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 distance | det |
| 15 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 distance | amod |
| 16 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reside | obl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 competitor | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 competitor | nmod:poss |
| 19 | competitor | competitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 distance | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 taken | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 taken | cc |
| 22 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 30 taken | advmod |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 tract | det |
| 24 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 tract | amod |
| 25 | tract | tract | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 country | case |
| 27 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 tract | nmod |
| 28 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 taken | aux |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 taken | aux:pass |
| 30 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 desire | conj |
| 31 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 taken | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 possession | fixed |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 desire | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desire | would | the powerful chief of the two | naturally property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reside not said to happen | to-infinitive | the powerful chief of the two not said here | at a considerable distance from country's competitor | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at distance=Location | ||||
| 3 | take | would · passive | a new tract of country | possession obl; thus property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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