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Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Sikulume., sentence 143

Her father tried to get rid of the water by dipping it up with a calabash, but he could not succeed, so he was compelled to wait till it dried up.

Who acts: father, water · What happens: try, get, dip up, not succeed, compel, wait · To what, where: water, father

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 (father, water), 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

nmod:possnsubjmarkxcompxcompcasedetoblmarkadvclobjcompound:prtcasedetoblpunctccnsubjauxadvmodconjpunctadvmodnsubjaux:passconjmarkxcompmarknsubjadvclcompound:prtpunctrootHerPRONfatherNOUNtriedVERBtoPARTgetVERBridADJofADPtheDETwaterNOUNbySCONJdippingVERBitPRONupADPwithADPaDETcalabashNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTsucceedVERB,PUNCTsoADVhePRONwasAUXcompelledVERBtoPARTwaitVERBtillSCONJitPRONdriedVERBupADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 fathernmod:poss
2fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing3 triednsubj
3triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoPART_5 getmark
5getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf3 triedxcomp
6ridridADJDegree=Pos5 getxcomp
7ofofADP_9 watercase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 waterdet
9waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing6 ridobl
10bybySCONJ_11 dippingmark
11dippingdipVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 getadvcl
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 dippingobj
13upupADP_11 dippingcompound:prt
14withwithADP_16 calabashcase
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 calabashdet
16calabashcalabashNOUNNumber=Sing11 dippingobl
17,,PUNCT_22 succeedpunct
18butbutCCONJ_22 succeedcc
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 succeednsubj
20couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin22 succeedaux
21notnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 succeedadvmod
22succeedsucceedVERBVerbForm=Inf3 triedconj
23,,PUNCT_27 compelledpunct
24sosoADV_27 compelledadvmod
25hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 compellednsubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 compelledaux:pass
27compelledcompelVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass22 succeedconj
28totoPART_29 waitmark
29waitwaitVERBVerbForm=Inf27 compelledxcomp
30tilltillSCONJ_32 driedmark
31ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 driednsubj
32drieddryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 waitadvcl
33upupADP_32 driedcompound:prt
34..PUNCT_3 triedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trypastgirl's fathervn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2get not said to happento-infinitivegirl's father not said hererid propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3dip upgerundgirl's father not said herewaterwith a calabashvn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
4not succeedcouldfathervn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5compelpast · passivefathervn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
6waitto-infinitivevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7dry uppastwatervn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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