Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 67
The present infinitive of any verb can be transformed into an abstract noun.
What happens: transform · To what, where: present infinitive, abstract noun
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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 infinitive | det |
| 2 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 infinitive | amod |
| 3 | infinitive | infinitive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 transformed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 verb | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 verb | det |
| 6 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 infinitive | nmod |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 transformed | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 transformed | aux:pass |
| 9 | transformed | transform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 noun | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 noun | det |
| 12 | abstract | abstract | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 noun | amod |
| 13 | noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 transformed | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 transformed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transform | can · passive | the present infinitive of any verb | into a abstract noun result | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into noun=Result |
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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