Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 57
The animals were driven into the water while the man stood on the bank imploring the spirit to take the choicest of them and restore his daughter.
Who acts: man · What happens: drive, stand, implore, take, restore · To what, where: animals, water, bank, spirit, choicest, daughter
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Tangalimlibo.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 driven | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 driven | aux:pass |
| 4 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 driven | obl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 stood | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 driven | advcl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 bank | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bank | det |
| 14 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | obl |
| 15 | imploring | implore | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 stood | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 spirit | det |
| 17 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 imploring | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 take | mark |
| 19 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 imploring | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 choicest | det |
| 21 | choicest | choice | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 take | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 them | case |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 choicest | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 restore | cc |
| 25 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 take | conj |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 27 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 restore | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 driven | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past · passive | the animals | the water | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme into water=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | the man | the bank | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location | ||||
| 3 | implore | gerund | the man not said here | the spirit | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | take | to-infinitive | the man not said here | the choicest of men | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Theme | ||||
| 5 | restore | infinitive | the man not said here | father's daughter | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=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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