Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 24
Among them was the son of a certain chief, who fell in love with Tangalimlibo as soon as he saw her.
Who acts: mats, certain chief, man · What happens: be, fall, see · To what, where: love, Tangalimlibo
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 (mats, certain chief, man), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 5 son | case |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 son | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 son | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 chief | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 chief | det |
| 8 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chief | amod |
| 9 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 chief | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 love | case |
| 14 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 Tangalimlibo | case |
| 16 | Tangalimlibo | Tangalimlibo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 love | nmod |
| 17 | as | as | ADV | _ | 18 soon | advmod |
| 18 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 fell | advmod |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 saw | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 saw | nsubj |
| 21 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 soon | advcl |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 saw | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 son | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | mats = mat | among the son; of a certain chief | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fall | past | a certain chief | love with Tangalimlibo | soon property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | |||
| 3 | see | past | man | Tangalimlibo | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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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