Kaffir folk-lore, The Runaway Children., sentence 7

Upon the birth of her first child, whether son or daughter, she is frequently called by every one else after the name given to the child, “the mother of so-and-so.”

Who acts: one · What happens: call, give · To what, where: woman, name, child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Runaway Children.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one), 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 birth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 birth	det
3	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 called	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 child	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 child	nmod:poss
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 birth	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 son	punct
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 son	mark
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 birth	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 daughter	cc
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 son	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 birth	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 called	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 called	aux:pass
16	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	17 called	advmod
17	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 one	case
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 one	det
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 called	obl
21	else	else	ADV	_	20 one	advmod
22	after	after	ADP	_	24 name	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 name	det
24	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 one	nmod
25	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 name	acl
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 child	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 child	det
28	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 given	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 mother	punct
30	“	"	PUNCT	_	32 mother	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 mother	det
32	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 called	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	38 so	case
34	so	so	ADV	_	38 so	advmod
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 so	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 so	cc
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 and	punct
38	so	so	ADV	_	32 mother	nmod
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 called	punct
40	”	"	PUNCT	_	17 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive	every one after the name	woman				upon the birth of woman's first child and son or daughter; the mother obl; frequently property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	give	participle		the name not said here	the child				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to child=Recipient

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 Runaway Children., sentence 7

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Kaffir folk-lore, The Runaway Children., sentence 7