Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 18
In this, one of them represents a wild animal of some kind, a second acts as a hunter, and the others take the part of dogs in pursuit.
Who acts: one, second, others · What happens: represent, act, take · To what, where: wild animal, part, pursuit
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Sikulume.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, second, others), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 one | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 this | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 represents | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 one | nmod |
| 7 | represents | represent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 animal | det |
| 9 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 animal | amod |
| 10 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 represents | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 kind | case |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 kind | det |
| 13 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 animal | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 acts | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 second | det |
| 16 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 17 acts | nsubj |
| 17 | acts | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 animal | acl:relcl |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 hunter | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 hunter | det |
| 20 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 acts | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 take | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 take | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 others | det |
| 24 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 take | nsubj |
| 25 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 represents | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 part | det |
| 27 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 take | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 dogs | case |
| 29 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 part | nmod |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 pursuit | case |
| 31 | pursuit | pursuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 take | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 represents | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | present | one in this of strokes | a wild animal of some kind | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot animal=Theme | ||||
| 2 | act | present | a second | a wild animal of some kind not said here | as a hunter | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent animal=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | take | present | the others | the part of dogs | pursuit | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in pursuit=Location |
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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