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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

advmodnsubjadvclnmod:possobjpunctnsubjcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctparataxisdet:predetdetamodcompoundobjnsubjcopcasedetacl:relclpunctpunctccnmod:possnsubjcopconjcaseoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccnsubjparataxispunctpunctobjconjnsubjmarkxcompcaseamodamodoblpunctpunctrootWhenADVhePRONenteredVERBhisPRONhouseNOUN,PUNCThePRONsaidVERBtoADPhisPRONwifeNOUN,PUNCT“PUNCTWashVERBallDETtheDETlargestADJbeerNOUNpotsNOUNwhichPRONareAUXinADPtheDEThouseNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTbutCCONJhisPRONwifeNOUNwasAUXangryADJonADPaccountNOUNofADPherPRONhungerNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJshePRONansweredVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTWhatPRONhaveVERByouPRONtoPARTputVERBinADPsuchADJlargeADJpotsNOUN?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 enteredadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 enterednsubj
3enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidadvcl
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 housenmod:poss
5househouseNOUNNumber=Sing3 enteredobj
6,,PUNCT_3 enteredpunct
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9totoADP_11 wifecase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 wifenmod:poss
11wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing8 saidobl
12,,PUNCT_14 Washpunct
13“"PUNCT_14 Washpunct
14WashwashVERBVerbForm=Inf8 saidparataxis
15allallDETPronType=Tot19 potsdet:predet
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 potsdet
17largestlargeADJDegree=Sup19 potsamod
18beerbeerNOUNNumber=Sing19 potscompound
19potspotNOUNNumber=Plur14 Washobj
20whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel24 housensubj
21arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 housecop
22ininADP_24 housecase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 housedet
24househouseNOUNNumber=Sing19 potsacl:relcl
25,,PUNCT_14 Washpunct
26”"PUNCT_14 Washpunct
27butbutCCONJ_31 angrycc
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 wifenmod:poss
29wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing31 angrynsubj
30wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 angrycop
31angryangryADJDegree=Pos8 saidconj
32ononADP_33 accountcase
33accountaccountNOUNNumber=Sing31 angryobl
34ofofADP_36 hungercase
35herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 hungernmod:poss
36hungerhungerNOUNNumber=Sing33 accountnmod
37,,PUNCT_40 answeredpunct
38andandCCONJ_40 answeredcc
39sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 answerednsubj
40answeredanswerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidparataxis
41::PUNCT_44 havepunct
42“"PUNCT_44 havepunct
43WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int44 haveobj
44havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 answeredconj
45youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs44 havensubj
46totoPART_47 putmark
47putputVERBVerbForm=Inf44 havexcomp
48ininADP_51 potscase
49suchsuchADJDegree=Pos51 potsamod
50largelargeADJDegree=Pos51 potsamod
51potspotNOUNNumber=Plur47 putobl
52??PUNCT_8 saidpunct
53”"PUNCT_8 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enterpastMasiloMasilo's housevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination
2say speech: assertpastMasiloMasilo's wifevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient clause=Topic
3wash in a quoteinfinitiveall largest beer potsvn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient
4is in a quotepresentall largest beer potsthe housetree rules
5ispastMasilo's wifeaccount of house's hungerangry propertytree rules
6answer speech: askpasthousevn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7have in a quotepresentyouWhat objtree rules
8put in a quoteto-infinitiveyou not said heresuch large potsvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pot=Destination
9accounthouse's hungernom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
10hungerhousenom 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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