Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 21
This proverb is used as a warning against undue ambition, or as advice to be content with that which is within reach.
What happens: use, be · To what, where: proverb
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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 proverb | det |
| 2 | proverb | proverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 warning | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 warning | det |
| 7 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | obl |
| 8 | against | against | ADP | _ | 10 ambition | case |
| 9 | undue | undue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ambition | amod |
| 10 | ambition | ambition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 warning | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 advice | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 advice | cc |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 advice | case |
| 14 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | obl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 content | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 content | cop |
| 17 | content | content | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 advice | nmod |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 that | case |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 content | obl |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 reach | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 reach | cop |
| 22 | within | within | ADP | _ | 23 reach | case |
| 23 | reach | reach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 content | parataxis |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | this proverb | as a warning against undue ambition; as advice | vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as warning=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | with that; content property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | present | within reach; which nsubj | tree rules |
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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