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title: Though these traditionary tales are very generally known, there are… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: Though these traditionary tales are very generally known, there are of course some persons who can relate them much better than others. Who acts: persons. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Opening, sentence 20

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Though these traditionary tales are very generally known, there are of course some persons who can relate them much better than others.

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**Who acts:** persons · **What happens:** know, be, relate · **To what, where:** traditionary tales, Tales

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (persons), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg71335:1:20
# text = Though these traditionary tales are very generally known, there are of course some persons who can relate them much better than others.
1	Though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	traditionary	traditionary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	fixed	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	relate	relate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	much	much	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	xcomp	_	_
22	than	than	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | this traditionary tales |  |  |  | generally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **be** | present |  |  |  | there |  | of some persons | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **relate** | can | some persons | Tales *= tale* |  |  |  | good *property* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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.

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**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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