Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 2

Such expressions, however, are found upon inquiry to refer to some circumstance in their mode of living, or some event in their traditional history, which makes the meaning very clear.

Who acts: traditional history · What happens: find, refer, make · To what, where: Such expressions, mode, meaning · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (traditional history), 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	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 expressions	amod
2	expressions	expression	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 found	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 expressions	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	7 found	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 however	punct
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 found	aux:pass
7	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 inquiry	case
9	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 refer	mark
11	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 found	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 circumstance	case
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 circumstance	det
14	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 refer	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 mode	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mode	nmod:poss
17	mode	mode	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 refer	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 living	case
19	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mode	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 event	punct
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 event	cc
22	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	23 event	det
23	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	parataxis
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 history	case
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 history	nmod:poss
26	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 history	amod
27	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 event	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 makes	punct
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 makes	nsubj
30	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 history	acl:relcl
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 meaning	det
32	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 makes	obj
33	very	very	ADV	_	34 clear	advmod
34	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 makes	xcomp
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		Such expressions		upon inquiry; some event in expressions's traditional history parataxis; however property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
2	refer	to-infinitive			expressions's mode of living	to some circumstance	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to circumstance=Co-Theme
3	make	present	expressions's traditional history	the meaning		clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meaning=Product

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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🌲 Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 2

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Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 2