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title: The government of this is entrusted to him as soon as he is full gro… — Kaffir folk-lore · tree and pragmatics
description: The government of this is entrusted to him as soon as he is full grown, so that while his brother is still a child he has opportunities of increasing his power. Who acts: brother, portion, opportunities. A sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaff
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# Kaffir folk-lore, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs., sentence 40

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The government of this is entrusted to him as soon as he is full grown, so that while his brother is still a child he has opportunities of increasing his power.

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**Who acts:** brother, portion, opportunities · **What happens:** entrust, grow, be, have, increase · **To what, where:** government, portion, child, opportunities, power

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This is a sentence of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal, Introductory Chapter Regarding the Kaffirs.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, portion, opportunities), 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:pg71335:2:40
# text = The government of this is entrusted to him as soon as he is full grown, so that while his brother is still a child he has opportunities of increasing his power.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
19	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
23	still	still	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	advcl	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
28	opportunities	opportunity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
29	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
30	increasing	increase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	acl	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entrust** | present · passive |  | the government of this | portion |  |  | soon *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **grow** | present · passive |  | portion |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | portion's brother | a child |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present | portion | opportunities |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient |
| 5 | **increase** | gerund | opportunities *not said here* | portion's power |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer power=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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