Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 61
The uncivilized Kaffirs, even at the present day, do not doubt the existence of such a being.
Who acts: uncivilized Kaffirs · What happens: not doubt · To what, where: existence
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 (uncivilized Kaffirs), 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 | 3 Kaffirs | det |
| 2 | uncivilized | uncivilized | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Kaffirs | amod |
| 3 | Kaffirs | kaffir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 doubt | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 day | punct |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 day | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Kaffirs | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Kaffirs | punct |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 doubt | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 doubt | advmod |
| 13 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 existence | det |
| 15 | existence | existence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 doubt | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 a | case |
| 17 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 a | det:predet |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 existence | nmod |
| 19 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 doubt | parataxis |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 doubt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not doubt | infinitive · do-support | the uncivilized Kaffirs at the present day | the existence of a | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent existence=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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