Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of the Bird That Made Milk. II., sentence 37
When he entered his house, he said to his wife, “Wash all the largest beer pots which are in the house,” but his wife was angry on account of her hunger, and she answered: “What have you to put in such large pots?”
Who acts: Masilo, largest beer pots, wife, house, you · What happens: enter, say, wash, be, answer, have · To what, where: house, wife, largest beer pots, account, such large pots, hunger · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of the Bird That Made Milk. II.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Masilo, largest beer pots, wife, house), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 entered | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | advcl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 entered | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 entered | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 wife | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Wash | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Wash | punct |
| 14 | Wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | parataxis |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 pots | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 pots | det |
| 17 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 pots | amod |
| 18 | beer | beer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 pots | compound |
| 19 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 Wash | obj |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 house | nsubj |
| 21 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 house | cop |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 house | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 house | det |
| 24 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 pots | acl:relcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Wash | punct |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Wash | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 angry | cc |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 wife | nmod:poss |
| 29 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 angry | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 angry | cop |
| 31 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 said | conj |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 account | case |
| 33 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 angry | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 hunger | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 hunger | nmod:poss |
| 36 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 account | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 answered | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 answered | cc |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 answered | nsubj |
| 40 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 44 have | punct |
| 42 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 have | punct |
| 43 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 44 have | obj |
| 44 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 answered | conj |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 have | nsubj |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 put | mark |
| 47 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 have | xcomp |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 pots | case |
| 49 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 pots | amod |
| 50 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 pots | amod |
| 51 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 put | obl |
| 52 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 53 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | Masilo | Masilo's house | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Masilo | Masilo's wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | wash in a quote | infinitive | all largest beer pots | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | all largest beer pots | the house | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | past | Masilo's wife | account of house's hunger | angry property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | answer speech: ask | past | house | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | have in a quote | present | you | What obj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | put in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | such large pots | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pot=Destination | ||||
| 9 | account | house's hunger | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | hunger | house | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=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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