Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 3
A few of their commonest proverbs and figurative expressions are here given:—
What happens: give · To what, where: few
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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 few | det |
| 2 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 proverbs | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 proverbs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | commonest | common | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 proverbs | amod |
| 6 | proverbs | proverb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 few | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 expressions | cc |
| 8 | figurative | figurative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 expressions | amod |
| 9 | expressions | expression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 proverbs | conj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 given | aux:pass |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 given | advmod |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
| 14 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | a few of expressions's commonest proverbs and figurative expressions | here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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