Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 3

In the European towns, and at Mission stations, they have generally adopted the English game of cricket, but at their own kraals they still practise the sports of their ancestors.

Who acts: stations, ancestors · What happens: adopt, practise, sport · To what, where: stations, European towns, sports, own kraals

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 (stations, ancestors), 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	_	4 towns	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 towns	det
3	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 towns	amod
4	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 adopted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stations	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stations	cc
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 stations	case
8	Mission	Mission	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stations	compound
9	stations	station	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 towns	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 towns	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 adopted	nsubj:pass
12	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 adopted	aux
13	generally	generally	ADV	_	14 adopted	advmod
14	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 game	det
16	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 game	amod
17	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adopted	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 cricket	case
19	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 game	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 practise	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 practise	cc
22	at	at	ADP	_	25 kraals	case
23	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 kraals	nmod:poss
24	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 kraals	amod
25	kraals	kraal	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 practise	obl
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 practise	nsubj
27	still	still	ADV	_	28 practise	advmod
28	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 adopted	conj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 sports	det
30	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 practise	obj
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 ancestors	case
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 ancestors	nmod:poss
33	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 sports	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 adopted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	present · perfect · passive		stations = station	the European towns and Mission stations		the English game of cricket obj; generally property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme game=Attribute
2	practise	present	stations = station	the sports of stations's ancestors	stations's own kraals	still		tree rules
3	sport		stations's ancestors					nom sport «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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🌲 Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 3

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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 3