Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 77
(This custom is referred to in a note to follow the Story of Tangalimlibo.)
What happens: refer, follow · To what, where: custom, note, Story
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 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 referred | punct |
| 2 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 custom | det |
| 3 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 referred | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 referred | aux:pass |
| 5 | referred | refer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 note | case |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 note | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 note | det |
| 9 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 referred | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 follow | mark |
| 11 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 referred | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Story | det |
| 13 | Story | Story | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 follow | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Tangalimlibo | case |
| 15 | Tangalimlibo | Tangalimlibo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Story | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 referred | punct |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 referred | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | present · passive | this custom | a note | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to note=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | follow | to-infinitive | the Story of Tangalimlibo | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=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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