Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 119
It was he who united them against the English after Lord Charles Somerset invaded their country with a view of compelling them to recognise a chief whom they detested.
Who acts: leader, Lord Charles, view, clans · What happens: be, invade, compel, recognise, detest · To what, where: country, clans, chief
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (leader, Lord Charles, view, clans), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 united | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 united | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 united | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 united | nsubj |
| 5 | united | unite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 united | obj |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 English | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 English | det |
| 9 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 united | obl |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 invaded | mark |
| 11 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Charles | compound |
| 12 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 invaded | nsubj |
| 13 | Somerset | Somerset | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Charles | flat |
| 14 | invaded | invade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 united | advcl |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 country | nmod:poss |
| 16 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 invaded | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 view | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 view | det |
| 19 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 invaded | obl |
| 20 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 21 compelling | mark |
| 21 | compelling | compel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 view | acl |
| 22 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 compelling | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 recognise | mark |
| 24 | recognise | recognise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 compelling | xcomp |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 chief | det |
| 26 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 recognise | obj |
| 27 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 detested | obj |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 detested | nsubj |
| 29 | detested | detest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 chief | acl:relcl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 united | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | leader | against the English; Nkele nsubj; who nsubj; clans = clan obj; unite property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | invade | past | Lord Charles | clans's country | with a view | tree rules | |||
| 3 | compel | gerund | a view not said here | clans = clan | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 4 | recognise | to-infinitive | a view not said here | a chief | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chief=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | detest | past | clans = clan | a chief | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
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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