Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Hare., sentence 55
In a short time the inkalimeva went in, and was just going to take the fat when the hare cried out: “Let the fat alone.”
Who acts: inkalimeva, hare · What happens: go in, go, take, cry out, let · To what, where: fat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Hare.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (inkalimeva, hare), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 inkalimeva | det |
| 6 | inkalimeva | inkalimeva | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADV | _ | 7 went | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 going | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 going | cc |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 going | aux |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 going | advmod |
| 13 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 went | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 take | mark |
| 15 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 going | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 fat | det |
| 17 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 take | obj |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 cried | advmod |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 hare | det |
| 20 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 cried | nsubj |
| 21 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 take | advcl |
| 22 | out | out | ADP | _ | 21 cried | compound:prt |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 Let | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Let | punct |
| 25 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 went | parataxis |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 fat | det |
| 27 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Let | obj |
| 28 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 25 Let | advmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 Let | punct |
| 30 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | past | the inkalimeva | time | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | past · progressive | the inkalimeva not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take | to-infinitive | the inkalimeva not said here | the fat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme | ||||
| 4 | cry out speech: express | past | the hare | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | let in a quote | infinitive | the fat | alone property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=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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