Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Bird That Made Milk., sentence 36

(n) The inference from this is that his enemies had bewitched him and made him assume the appearance of a crocodile, but that the young woman on account of her good qualities and great love for him had power to dispel the charm, and by licking his face had enabled him to resume his proper form as a man.

Who acts: l, licking · What happens: be, make, assume, dispel, lick, enable · To what, where: inference, l, appearance, charm, face, proper form

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Bird That Made Milk.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (l, licking), 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	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 n	punct
2	n	n	NUM	_	13 bewitched	discourse
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 n	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inference	det
5	inference	inference	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bewitched	nsubj:pass
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 this	case
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 inference	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bewitched	cop
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 bewitched	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 enemies	nmod:poss
11	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bewitched	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bewitched	aux
13	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bewitched	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 made	cc
16	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bewitched	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	obj
18	assume	assume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 made	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 appearance	det
20	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 assume	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 crocodile	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 crocodile	det
23	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 appearance	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 enabled	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	54 enabled	cc
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 had	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 woman	det
28	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 woman	amod
29	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 had	nsubj
30	on	on	ADP	_	31 account	case
31	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 woman	nmod
32	of	of	ADP	_	35 qualities	case
33	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 qualities	nmod:poss
34	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 qualities	amod
35	qualities	quality	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 account	nmod
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 love	cc
37	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 love	amod
38	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 qualities	conj
39	for	for	ADP	_	40 him	case
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 woman	nmod
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 enabled	aux
42	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 had	obj
43	to	to	PART	_	44 dispel	mark
44	dispel	dispel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 had	xcomp
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 charm	det
46	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 dispel	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 enabled	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 enabled	cc
49	by	by	SCONJ	_	50 licking	mark
50	licking	lick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	54 enabled	csubj:pass
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 face	nmod:poss
52	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 licking	obj
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 enabled	aux
54	enabled	enable	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 bewitched	conj
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 enabled	obj
56	to	to	PART	_	57 resume	mark
57	resume	resume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 enabled	advcl
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 form	nmod:poss
59	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 form	amod
60	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 resume	obj
61	as	as	ADP	_	63 man	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 man	det
63	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 resume	obl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 bewitched	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect · passive		the inference from this	n discourse; l's enemies nsubj; l obj; bewitch property	tree rules
2	make	past		l		tree rules
3	assume	infinitive	l not said here	the appearance of a crocodile		vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme
4	dispel	to-infinitive	l not said here	the charm		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent charm=Patient
5	lick	gerund		l's face		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent face=Source
6	enable	past · perfect	licking	l		tree rules
7	resume	to-infinitive	licking not said here	l's proper form	as a man	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality
8	account			girl's good qualities and great love		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
9	form		l			nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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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🌲 Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Bird That Made Milk., sentence 36

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Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Bird That Made Milk., sentence 36