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title: Then Zim went to get some water; and while he was away, Demane took… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Zim went to get some water; and while he was away, Demane took his sister out of the bag, and put the bees in it, after which they both concealed themselves. Who acts: Zim, Demane. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Demane and Demazana., with its dependency tr
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Demane and Demazana., sentence 34

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Then Zim went to get some water; and while he was away, Demane took his sister out of the bag, and put the bees in it, after which they both concealed themselves.

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**Who acts:** Zim, Demane · **What happens:** go, get, be, take, put, conceal · **To what, where:** water, sister, bag, bees, Demane

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Demane and Demazana.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Zim, Demane), 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:pg71335:11:34
# text = Then Zim went to get some water; and while he was away, Demane took his sister out of the bag, and put the bees in it, after which they both concealed themselves.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Zim	Zim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	Demane	Demane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	out	out	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	after	after	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	obl	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	both	both	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
36	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Zim |  |  |  | then |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Zim *not said here* | some water |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | Zim |  |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **take** | past | Demane | Zim's sister |  | the bag |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent sister=Theme out bag=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **put** | infinitive |  | the bees |  | bag |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bee=Theme in it=Destination |
| 6 | **conceal** | past | Demane | Demane |  |  |  | which *obl*; both *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |

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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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