--- title: The chief, who was very rich, gave his son many fine cattle, with wh… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: The chief, who was very rich, gave his son many fine cattle, with which the young man went to the girl’s mother’s husband, and said: “I want to marry your daughter.” Who acts: chief, young man, I. 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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 (chief, young man, I), 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:pg71335:17:25 # text = The chief, who was very rich, gave his son many fine cattle, with which the young man went to the girl’s mother’s husband, and said: “I want to marry your daughter.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 iobj _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the chief | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the chief | many fine cattle | boy's son | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient cattle=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | the young man | | | | | to the girl's mother's husband; which *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to husband=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | your daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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. - ← previous: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/26/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Mbulukazi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/)