Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Tangalimlibo., sentence 90
He took the skin of an ox and cut it into a long riem, one end of which he fastened round his waist.
Who acts: husband · What happens: take, cut, fasten · To what, where: skin, long riem
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 (husband), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 skin | det |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 ox | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ox | det |
| 7 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 skin | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cut | cc |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cut | obj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 riem | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 riem | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 riem | amod |
| 14 | riem | riem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cut | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 end | punct |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 end | nummod |
| 17 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 riem | appos |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 which | case |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 fastened | obl |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fastened | nsubj |
| 21 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 end | acl:relcl |
| 22 | round | round | ADP | _ | 24 waist | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 waist | nmod:poss |
| 24 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fastened | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | husband | the skin of a ox | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cut | past | husband not said here | skin | a long riem | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into riem=Product | |||
| 3 | fasten | past | husband | of one end | round husband's waist | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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