Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 6
This proverb is an exact equivalent to our English one, Let sleeping dogs lie.
Who acts: proverb, sleeping dogs · What happens: be, let, lie · To what, where: exact equivalent, English one
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 (proverb, sleeping dogs), 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 | 6 equivalent | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 equivalent | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 equivalent | det |
| 5 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 equivalent | amod |
| 6 | equivalent | equivalent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 one | case |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 one | nmod:poss |
| 9 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 one | amod |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 equivalent | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Let | punct |
| 12 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 equivalent | parataxis |
| 13 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 dogs | compound |
| 14 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 lie | nsubj |
| 15 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 Let | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 equivalent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this proverb | a exact equivalent | our English one | tree rules | |||
| 2 | let | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | lie | present | sleeping dogs | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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