Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 105
She cut two little pieces of the skin for sandals, and a large piece to make a mantle for her brother.
Who acts: body · What happens: cut, make · To what, where: two little pieces, mantle
This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Sikulume.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (body), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pieces | nummod |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pieces | amod |
| 5 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cut | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 skin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skin | det |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pieces | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 sandals | case |
| 10 | sandals | sandal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 skin | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 piece | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 piece | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 piece | det |
| 14 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 piece | amod |
| 15 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 make | mark |
| 17 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cut | advcl |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 mantle | det |
| 19 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 make | obj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 brother | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 brother | nmod:poss |
| 22 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 make | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cut | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past | body | two little pieces of the skin for sandals | a large piece obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Product | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | body not said here | a mantle | for body's brother | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mantle=Product for brother=Beneficiary |
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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