Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 63
As might be supposed, the escape of the man from being drowned was then attributed to his being in possession of a powerful charm.
Who acts: man · What happens: suppose, drown, attribute, be, escape · To what, where: man, escape
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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 supposed | mark |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 supposed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 supposed | aux:pass |
| 4 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 attributed | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 supposed | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 escape | det |
| 7 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 attributed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 man | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | nmod |
| 11 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 13 drowned | mark |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 drowned | aux:pass |
| 13 | drowned | drown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 man | acl |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 attributed | aux:pass |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 attributed | advmod |
| 16 | attributed | attribute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 possession | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 possession | nmod:poss |
| 19 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 possession | cop |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 possession | case |
| 21 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 attributed | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 charm | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 charm | det |
| 24 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 charm | amod |
| 25 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 possession | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 attributed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suppose | might · passive | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S» | ||||||
| 2 | drown | gerund · passive | the man not said here | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 3 | attribute | past · passive | the escape of the man | then | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | gerund | to One's possession; of a powerful charm; One nmod:poss | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | escape | the man | nom escape «act intransitive»: of=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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