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Kaffir folk-lore, Story of the Girl Who Disregarded the Custom of Ntonjane., sentence 27

They march towards the kraal where the dancing took place, the girl’s mother, the jaka, or party of young women, the girl’s father, and his councillors, forming a procession.

Who acts: house, dancing · What happens: march, take, form · To what, where: kraal, place, procession

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Story of the Girl Who Disregarded the Custom of Ntonjane.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (house, dancing), 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

nsubjcasedetobladvmoddetnsubjadvclobjpunctdetnmod:posscaseconjpunctdetobjpunctccapposcaseamodnmodpunctdetnmod:posscaseconjpunctccnmod:possoblpunctadvcldetobjpunctrootTheyPRONmarchVERBtowardsADPtheDETkraalNOUNwhereADVtheDETdancingNOUNtookVERBplaceNOUN,PUNCTtheDETgirlNOUN’sPARTmotherNOUN,PUNCTtheDETjakaX,PUNCTorCCONJpartyNOUNofADPyoungADJwomenNOUN,PUNCTtheDETgirlNOUN’sPARTfatherNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONcouncillorsNOUN,PUNCTformingVERBaDETprocessionNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 marchnsubj
2marchmarchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3towardstowardsADP_5 kraalcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 kraaldet
5kraalkraalNOUNNumber=Sing2 marchobl
6wherewhereADVPronType=Rel9 tookadvmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 dancingdet
8dancingdancingNOUNNumber=Sing9 tooknsubj
9tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 marchadvcl
10placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing9 tookobj
11,,PUNCT_15 motherpunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 girldet
13girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing15 mothernmod:poss
14’s'sPART_13 girlcase
15mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing10 placeconj
16,,PUNCT_18 jakapunct
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 jakadet
18jakajakaXForeign=Yes9 tookobj
19,,PUNCT_21 partypunct
20ororCCONJ_21 partycc
21partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing18 jakaappos
22ofofADP_24 womencase
23youngyoungADJDegree=Pos24 womenamod
24womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur21 partynmod
25,,PUNCT_29 fatherpunct
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 girldet
27girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing29 fathernmod:poss
28’s'sPART_27 girlcase
29fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing21 partyconj
30,,PUNCT_33 councillorspunct
31andandCCONJ_33 councillorscc
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 councillorsnmod:poss
33councillorscouncillorNOUNNumber=Plur9 tookobl
34,,PUNCT_35 formingpunct
35formingformVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part9 tookadvcl
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 processiondet
37processionprocessionNOUNNumber=Sing35 formingobj
38..PUNCT_2 marchpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1marchpresenthousethe kraalvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards kraal=Destination
2takepastthe dancingplace and the girl's motherdancing's councillors oblvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument place=Theme jaka=Destination
3formgerundthe dancing not said herea processionvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location procession=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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