Kaffir folk-lore, Proverbs and Figurative Expressions., sentence 73
A saying applied to a shiftless person, one who never continues long in any occupation.
What happens: apply, not continue · To what, where: saying, occupation, 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: 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 saying | det |
| 2 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nsubj |
| 3 | applied | apply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 saying | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 person | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 6 | shiftless | shiftless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 applied | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 continues | nsubj |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 continues | advmod |
| 12 | continues | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 one | acl:relcl |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 continues | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 occupation | case |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 occupation | det |
| 16 | occupation | occupation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 continues | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apply | participle | a saying not said here | to a shiftless person | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not continue | present | any occupation | who nsubj; long property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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