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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Five Heads., sentence 29

When the preliminary arrangements are concluded, a bridal procession is formed at the young woman’s kraal, to escort her to her future home.

What happens: conclude, form, escort · To what, where: preliminary arrangements, bridal procession, kraal, procession, future home

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: 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

markdetcompoundnsubj:passaux:passadvclpunctdetamodnsubjaux:passconjcasedetamodnmod:posscaseoblpunctmarkobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootWhenSCONJtheDETpreliminaryNOUNarrangementsNOUNareAUXconcludedVERB,PUNCTaDETbridalADJprocessionNOUNisAUXformedVERBatADPtheDETyoungADJwomanNOUN’sPARTkraalNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTescortVERBherPRONtoADPherPRONfutureADJhomeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_6 concludedmark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 arrangementsdet
3preliminarypreliminaryNOUNNumber=Sing4 arrangementscompound
4arrangementsarrangementNOUNNumber=Plur6 concludednsubj:pass
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 concludedaux:pass
6concludedconcludeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 escortadvcl
7,,PUNCT_12 formedpunct
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 processiondet
9bridalbridalADJDegree=Pos10 processionamod
10processionprocessionNOUNNumber=Sing12 formednsubj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 formedaux:pass
12formedformVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 concludedconj
13atatADP_18 kraalcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 womandet
15youngyoungADJDegree=Pos16 womanamod
16womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing18 kraalnmod:poss
17’s'sPART_16 womancase
18kraalkraalNOUNNumber=Sing12 formedobl
19,,PUNCT_21 escortpunct
20totoPART_21 escortmark
21escortescortVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
22hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 escortobj
23totoADP_26 homecase
24herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 homenmod:poss
25futurefutureADJDegree=Pos26 homeamod
26homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing21 escortobl
27..PUNCT_21 escortpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1concludepresent · passivethe preliminary arrangementsvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2formpresent · passivea bridal processionthe young woman's kraalvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3escortto-infinitiveprocessionprocession's future homevn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to home=Destination

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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