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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Five Heads., sentence 26

The father of a young man frequently selects a bride for him, and intimates his wish by sending a messenger to make proposals to the girl’s father or guardian.

Who acts: father, guardian · What happens: select, intimate, send, make, wish · To what, where: bride, wish, messenger, proposals

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Five Heads.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, guardian), 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

detnsubjcasedetamodnmodadvmoddetobjcasenmodpunctccconjnmod:possobjmarkadvcldetobjmarkadvclobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblccconjpunctrootTheDETfatherNOUNofADPaDETyoungADJmanNOUNfrequentlyADVselectsVERBaDETbrideNOUNforADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJintimatesVERBhisPRONwishNOUNbySCONJsendingVERBaDETmessengerNOUNtoPARTmakeVERBproposalsNOUNtoADPtheDETgirlNOUN’sPARTfatherNOUNorCCONJguardianNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 fatherdet
2fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing8 selectsnsubj
3ofofADP_6 mancase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 mandet
5youngyoungADJDegree=Pos6 manamod
6manmanNOUNNumber=Sing2 fathernmod
7frequentlyfrequentlyADV_8 selectsadvmod
8selectsselectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 bridedet
10bridebrideNOUNNumber=Sing8 selectsobj
11forforADP_12 himcase
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 bridenmod
13,,PUNCT_15 intimatespunct
14andandCCONJ_15 intimatescc
15intimatesintimateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 selectsconj
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 wishnmod:poss
17wishwishNOUNNumber=Sing15 intimatesobj
18bybySCONJ_19 sendingmark
19sendingsendVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part15 intimatesadvcl
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 messengerdet
21messengermessengerNOUNNumber=Sing19 sendingobj
22totoPART_23 makemark
23makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf19 sendingadvcl
24proposalsproposalNOUNNumber=Plur23 makeobj
25totoADP_29 fathercase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 girldet
27girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing29 fathernmod:poss
28’s'sPART_27 girlcase
29fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing23 makeobl
30ororCCONJ_31 guardiancc
31guardianguardianNOUNNumber=Sing29 fatherconj
32..PUNCT_8 selectspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1selectpresentthe father of a young mana bridefor guardian; frequently propertyvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme
2intimate speech: otherpresentthe father of a young man not said hereguardian's wishvn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wish=Topic
3sendgerundthe father of a young man not said herea messengervn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme
4maketo-infinitivethe father of a young man not said hereproposalsto the girl's father or guardianvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proposal=Product
5wishguardiannom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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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