Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 41
His opponent throws his arms out in the same manner, so that his right hand shall be opposite the first player’s left, and his left opposite the first player’s right.
Who acts: opponent, right hand · What happens: throw out, be · To what, where: arms, same manner
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 (opponent, right hand), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 opponent | nmod:poss |
| 2 | opponent | opponent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 throws | nsubj |
| 3 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 arms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 throws | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 throws | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 manner | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 manner | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 manner | amod |
| 10 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 throws | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 opposite | punct |
| 12 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 19 opposite | mark |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 so | fixed |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hand | nmod:poss |
| 15 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hand | amod |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 opposite | nsubj |
| 17 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 opposite | aux |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 opposite | cop |
| 19 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 throws | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 player | det |
| 21 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 22 player | amod |
| 22 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 left | nmod:poss |
| 23 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 22 player | case |
| 24 | left | left | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 opposite | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 opposite | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 opposite | cc |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 opposite | nmod:poss |
| 28 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 opposite | amod |
| 29 | opposite | opposite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 throws | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 player | det |
| 31 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 32 player | amod |
| 32 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 right | nmod:poss |
| 33 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 32 player | case |
| 34 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 opposite | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 throws | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw out | present | few's opponent | few's arms | the same manner | few's left opposite the first player's right conj; out property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arm=Theme in manner=Destination | ||
| 2 | is | shall | few's right hand | the first player's left obl; opposite property | tree rules |
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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