Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 73
Being in the colony she could not be otherwise punished, but such treatment as this would of itself, in course of time, have made her insane.
What happens: be, not punish, make · To what, where: colony, woman
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: 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 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 colony | cop |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 colony | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 colony | det |
| 4 | colony | colony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 made | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 punished | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 punished | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 punished | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 punished | aux:pass |
| 9 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 10 punished | advmod |
| 10 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 colony | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 treatment | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 treatment | cc |
| 13 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 treatment | amod |
| 14 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colony | conj |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 would | mark |
| 16 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 would | nsubj |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 treatment | acl:relcl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 itself | case |
| 19 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 17 would | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 course | punct |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 course | case |
| 22 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colony | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 time | case |
| 24 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 course | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 colony | punct |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 made | aux |
| 27 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 made | obj |
| 29 | insane | insane | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 made | xcomp |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | the colony but such treatment and course of time | such treatment conj; course of time conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not punish | could · passive | woman | otherwise property | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | make | present · perfect · passive | the colony but such treatment and course of time | woman obj; insane property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary she=Product |
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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