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title: She wanted her daughter to be the one that was to be married; so she… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: She wanted her daughter to be the one that was to be married; so she dressed her as finely as she could, but she had no such pretty clothes as the other girl had. Who acts: girl, daughter, other girl. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Mbulukazi., with its dependen
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# Kaffir folk-lore, The Story of Mbulukazi., sentence 37

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She wanted her daughter to be the one that was to be married; so she dressed her as finely as she could, but she had no such pretty clothes as the other girl had.

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**Who acts:** girl, daughter, other girl · **What happens:** want, be, marry, dress, have · **To what, where:** daughter, one, Breast, such pretty clothes

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, The Story of Mbulukazi.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, daughter, other girl), 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:pg71335:17:37
# text = She wanted her daughter to be the one that was to be married; so she dressed her as finely as she could, but she had no such pretty clothes as the other girl had.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	dressed	dress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	as	as	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	finely	finely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
28	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	31	det	_	_
29	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	27	obj	_	_
32	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | girl | girl's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot daughter=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl's daughter *not said here* | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **marry** | past · passive | girl *not said here* | the one |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **dress** | past | girl | Breast |  |  |  | finely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 5 | **have** | past | girl | no such pretty clothes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |
| 6 | **have** | past | the other girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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