Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 120
As the cock was going on his way, some boys who were tending calves saw him.
Who acts: cock, boys · What happens: go, tend, see · To what, where: way, calves, cock
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Tangalimlibo.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cock, boys), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 going | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cock | det |
| 3 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 saw | advcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 way | nmod:poss |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
| 10 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 boys | det |
| 11 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 tending | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 tending | aux |
| 14 | tending | tend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 boys | acl:relcl |
| 15 | calves | calf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 tending | obj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 saw | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · progressive | the cock | cock's way | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | ||||
| 2 | tend | past · progressive | some boys | calves | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | past | some boys | cock | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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