Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 121
To obtain peace for his people, he voluntarily surrendered to the English troops, and was sent as a prisoner of state to Robben Island.
Who acts: Nkele · What happens: obtain, surrender, send · To what, where: peace, English troops, Robben Island
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 (Nkele), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 obtain | mark |
| 2 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 surrendered | advcl |
| 3 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 obtain | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 people | nmod:poss |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 obtain | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 surrendered | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 surrendered | nsubj |
| 9 | voluntarily | voluntarily | ADV | _ | 10 surrendered | advmod |
| 10 | surrendered | surrender | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 troops | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 troops | det |
| 13 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 troops | amod |
| 14 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 10 surrendered | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sent | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sent | cc |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sent | aux:pass |
| 18 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 surrendered | parataxis |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 prisoner | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 prisoner | det |
| 21 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sent | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 state | case |
| 23 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 prisoner | nmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 Island | case |
| 25 | Robben | Robben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Island | compound |
| 26 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 sent | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 surrendered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obtain | to-infinitive | Nkele not said here | peace | for Nkele's people | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent peace=Theme for people=Asset | |||
| 2 | surrender | past | Nkele | the English troops | voluntarily property | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to troops=Recipient | |||
| 3 | send | past · passive | Robben Island | as a prisoner of state | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to island=Destination |
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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