Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 66
They then tied him up in a bundle, fastened him to the back of the woman, and sent her away to wander wherever she liked.
Who acts: neighbours, Mambalwini · What happens: tie up, fasten, send away, wander, like · To what, where: man, bundle, Mambalwini
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 (neighbours, Mambalwini), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tied | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 tied | advmod |
| 3 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tied | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 tied | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bundle | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bundle | det |
| 8 | bundle | bundle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tied | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fastened | punct |
| 10 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tied | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fastened | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 back | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 back | det |
| 14 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fastened | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 woman | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 woman | det |
| 17 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 back | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sent | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 sent | cc |
| 20 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tied | conj |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 sent | obj |
| 22 | away | away | ADV | _ | 20 sent | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 wander | mark |
| 24 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 sent | advcl |
| 25 | wherever | wherever | ADV | PronType=Int | 27 liked | advmod |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 liked | nsubj |
| 27 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 wander | advcl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie up | past | neighbours = neighbour | man | a bundle | then | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||
| 2 | fasten | past | neighbours = neighbour not said here | man | to the back of the woman | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Patient to back=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | send away | past | neighbours = neighbour not said here | Mambalwini | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 4 | wander | to-infinitive | neighbours = neighbour not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | like | past | Mambalwini | wherever property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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