--- title: At last they dressed themselves again, and set out for home; but whe… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: At last they dressed themselves again, and set out for home; but when they had gone some distance, the chief’s daughter noticed that she had forgotten one of her ornaments, which she had taken off when they went to bathe. Who acts: homes, daughter, number. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (homes, daughter, number), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg71335:14:5 # text = At last they dressed themselves again, and set out for home; but when they had gone some distance, the chief’s daughter noticed that she had forgotten one of her ornaments, which she had taken off when they went to bathe. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 19 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past | homes *= home* | homes *= home* | | last | again | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 2 | **set out** | past | homes *= home* *not said here* | | | | | for home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | homes *= home* | some distance | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location distance=Theme | | 4 | **notice** | past | the chief's daughter | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **forget** | past · perfect | number | one of number's ornaments | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take off** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | which *nsubj:pass*; number *nsubj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | homes *= home* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **bathe** | to-infinitive | homes *= home* *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/14/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/14/6/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Cannibal’s Wonderful Bird.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/14/)