Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 121
One of them said to the others: “Come here, come here, boys; there is a cock for us to kill.”
Who acts: One, cock, us · What happens: say, come, be, kill · To what, where: others, boys · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (One, cock, us), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 said | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 One | nmod |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 others | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 others | det |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 said | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Come | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Come | punct |
| 10 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | parataxis |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 Come | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 come | punct |
| 13 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 Come | conj |
| 14 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 come | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 boys | punct |
| 16 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 come | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 is | punct |
| 18 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 19 is | expl |
| 19 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 cock | det |
| 21 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 is | nsubj |
| 22 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 25 kill | mark |
| 23 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 kill | nsubj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 kill | mark |
| 25 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 cock | acl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 is | punct |
| 27 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | One of boys | the others | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to other=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | infinitive | here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come in a quote | infinitive | boys | here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | be in a quote | present | a cock | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | kill in a quote | to-infinitive | us | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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