Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 192
The crab has stuck fast between the stones at the entrance of its hole.
What happens: stick · To what, where: crab, entrance
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: 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 | 2 crab | det |
| 2 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stuck | aux |
| 4 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 stuck | advmod |
| 6 | between | between | ADP | _ | 8 stones | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stones | det |
| 8 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stuck | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 entrance | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 entrance | det |
| 11 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hole | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 hole | nmod:poss |
| 14 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 entrance | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present · perfect · passive | the crab | the entrance of crab's hole | between the stones; fast property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at entrance=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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