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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Simbukumbukwana., sentence 45

Then she was going away, but her father came out and caught her; he kissed her, and said she must remain with him.

Who acts: girl, father, Simbukumbukwana · What happens: go away, come out, catch, kiss, say, remain · To what, where: girl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Simbukumbukwana.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, father, Simbukumbukwana), 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

advmodnsubjauxadvcladvmodpunctccnmod:possnsubjadvmodccconjobjpunctnsubjparataxisobjpunctccconjnsubjauxccompcaseoblpunctrootThenADVshePRONwasAUXgoingVERBawayADV,PUNCTbutCCONJherPRONfatherNOUNcameVERBoutADVandCCONJcaughtVERBherPRON;PUNCThePRONkissedVERBherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERBshePRONmustAUXremainVERBwithADPhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem4 goingadvmod
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 goingnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 goingaux
4goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 cameadvcl
5awayawayADV_4 goingadvmod
6,,PUNCT_10 camepunct
7butbutCCONJ_10 camecc
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 fathernmod:poss
9fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing10 camensubj
10camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11outoutADV_10 cameadvmod
12andandCCONJ_13 caughtcc
13caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 cameconj
14hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 caughtobj
15;;PUNCT_17 kissedpunct
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 kissednsubj
17kissedkissVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 cameparataxis
18hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 kissedobj
19,,PUNCT_21 saidpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 saidcc
21saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 kissedconj
22sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 remainnsubj
23mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin24 remainaux
24remainremainVERBVerbForm=Inf21 saidccomp
25withwithADP_26 himcase
26himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 remainobl
27..PUNCT_10 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go awaypast · progressivegirlthenaway propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2come outpastgirl's fatherout propertyvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3catchpastgirl's father not said heregirlvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4kisspastSimbukumbukwanagirlvn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
5say speech: assertpastSimbukumbukwana not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6remainmustgirlwith Simbukumbukwanavn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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