--- title: When the young chief heard the story he was angry with Mahlunguluza,… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics description: When the young chief heard the story he was angry with Mahlunguluza, and said to her: “Go home to your father; I never wanted you at all; it was your mother who brought you to me.” Who acts: young chief, husband, story, mother. 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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 (young chief, husband, story, mother), 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:pg71335:17:57 # text = When the young chief heard the story he was angry with Mahlunguluza, and said to her: “Go home to your father; I never wanted you at all; it was your mother who brought you to me.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Mahlunguluza Mahlunguluza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the young chief | the story | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | husband | the story *not said here* | | | | with Mahlunguluza; angry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the young chief *not said here* | | Breast | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to your father; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | past | the young chief *= chief* | Breast | | all | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | story | your mother | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | your mother | Breast | the young chief *= chief* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to i=Destination | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/58/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Mbulukazi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg71335/17/)